Readiness at risk because of stalled promotions, defense secretary says

The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said a Republican senator’s delay of the quick approval of nearly 200 military promotions poses a “clear risk” to the nation’s military readiness and directly affects the lives of service members’ families.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (RAla.) in March promised to delay the approval of these promotions over his objection to the Defense Department’s abortion policy. His decision, Austin warned in a letter last week to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), “harms America’s national security and hinders the Pentagon’s normal operations.”

“The United States military relies on the deep experience and strategic expertise of our senior military leaders,” Austin wrote. “The longer that this hold persists, the greater the risk the U.S. military runs in every theater, every domain, and every Service.”

Austin has urged the Senate to move ahead with the promotions, telling members of the Senate Armed Services Committee in March that the blockade on military promotions caused a “ripple effect in the force that makes us far less ready than we need to be.”

His letter to Warren comes in response to a request by the senator, who leads the Senate Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on personnel, to outline how Tuberville’s hold is directly affecting national security.

The hold, he said, can lead to feelings of uncertainty among military families because it prevents rising officers from being able to “predict promotion and rotation windows.” This, he warned, can increase “the pressure to leave the military in favor of greater stability.”

Military children are unable to move to new schools until the promotions are confirmed, Austin said, and military spouses cannot accept new jobs “because they cannot predict when they could start.” which trains all advisors for all regionally aligned SFABs. By observing and participating in the 1st SFAB’s Fundamental Phase Assessment Training Event, the subsequent discussion with MATA cadre helped validate the need to provide sister service training opportunities: USAF Air Advisors at the Army training academy, and vice versa.

The defense secretary explained that officials serving in key positions – including the chief of staff of the Army and the director of the National Security Agency – are due to rotate out of their jobs within the next four months and that, without the promotions, the military can’t replace them. The tenure of service chiefs in the military is limited by law, which means incumbents must leave their positions at their appointed times.

“Learning each other’s processes will help us improve our joint capacity to best serve our partner nations for the future,” said Hejna.

Lastly, the 571st MSAS met with 18 international field grade officers studying joint planning at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. WHINSEC is a Latin Americanfocused Intermediate Developmental Education equivalent for the U.S. Army, sister services and SOUTHCOM partners. This engagement included a class covering the MSAS’s mission brief, conducted in Spanish, with follow-on dialogue on how to incorporate air advisors into partner nation respective capabilities through embassy engagement.

All of this serves as just another building block in the right direction for an already strong foundation and partnership between the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army.

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