Gen. David Allvin, currently the Air Force vice chief of staff, has been nominated by the President for the service’s top military post, according to a notice posted on Congress.gov.
If confirmed by the Senate, he would succeed Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, who has been tapped to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Without fanfare, President Biden’s nomination of Allvin was quietly sent to the Senate Armed Services Committee on July 25.
Last week, Biden announced the nomination of Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be the next Chief of Naval Operations. Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George has been chosen as Chief of Staff. Gen. Eric Smith, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, has been tapped to be the next commandant. They all await confirmation to take the positions permanently.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) has put a blanket over on senior military officer confirmations in protest of the Defense Department’s abortion policies.
Regionally, Allvin was a student from August 1997 to June 1998 at the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB, Ala. From July 1998 to June 1999, he as a student at the School of Advanced Airpower Studies at Maxwell AFB.
If confirmed, Allvin would lead the Air Force forward with a variety of modernization initiatives, including new drones, a new Air Force battle network, a next-gen stealth fighter and B-21 stealth bomber, IT upgrades and hypersonic weapons. (Defense Scoop 07/26/23)
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