The Air Force plans to spread out forces during a fight with China, and Gen. David Allvin wants to do more to defend dispersed bases from missile attacks.
After the Senate confirmed three joint chiefs, Democrats are strategizing how to confirm the hundreds of other military nominees held up by Tuberville.
Gen. Allvin said at his confirmation hearing that F-16s for Ukraine would become useful for the country after their integration with the broader force.
Once a young man from rural Maryland, who didn’t meet a Marine until college, retired Gen. David Berger joined the Corps in the wake of the Vietnam War.
Gen. Eric Smith and his wife won’t be moving their boxes into the "Home of the Commandants" quite yet, but he will have powers of a confirmed top Marine.