Joe Biden wants a woman to head the US Navy instead of the more experienced candidate

President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Admiral Lisa Franchitti to be the first woman to serve as commander of the US Navy. According to the president’s statement, his nominee will contribute to the work of the General Staff with 38 years of military experience.

Lisa Franchitti currently serves as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, or Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, and is the second woman in U.S. military history to reach the rank of four-star general. If the nominee is confirmed by the Legislature, Lisa Franchitti will become the first female member of the US Army General Staff.

According to media reports, Joe Biden overruled the recommendation of his Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, when he nominated the chief of staff. The Pentagon chief wanted to see Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, in the position.

The nominee would also have to be confirmed by the Senate, which is questionable, as Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Georgia announced in the spring that he would reject all of the president’s nominees for chief of staff in protest of the Defense Department’s abortion policy. Because of the Senator’s decision, the new Commandant of the Marine Corps cannot currently hold his position.

This year, the terms of the commanders of almost all branches of the US military will end, and Chief of Staff Mark Milley will also leave his post at the end of the summer. Joe Biden has nominated General Charles Q. Brown as his successor, who could become the second African-American chief of staff if confirmed by the Senate, which remains in doubt due to Senator Tuberville’s objections.

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