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Updates - 4 star and 3 star promotions
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KingEdinburgh,
Neovu79, and
EPMen: Even as Senator Tuberville's (and
Schmitt's hold) has been lifted, the transition has been slow. Many nominees confirmed last December have yet to assume their new commands, and the usual promotion is simultaneously arrives on scheduled. Thought I'd update everyone:
GEN
Hamilton is suspended as AMC commanding general. As stated above, Neovu suspects that he will retire. Obvious 3-star nominees are obvious - acting CG LTG
Mohan and Army G-4 LTG
Hoyle.
VADM
Wade is currently in limbo. His JTF Red Hill, having completed defueling of Hawaii's Red Hill facility, has now transferred responsibility to the Navy's Navy Closure Task Force - Red Hill, commanded by RADM
Barnett.[1]
MajGen
Heritage is still MARFORCYBER commander, while his to-be predecessor LtGen
Glavy (presumably to retire) remains as Deputy Commandant for Information.[2] MajGen
Matos remains as Heritage's deputy. Don't know what's delaying Heritage's promotion - setting an auspicious date for a change of command?
Maj Gen
Pirak will be ANG's next director, with the accompanying appointment to Lt Gen. Could this mean that Lt Gen
Loh is the presumptive nominee for NGB director? For VCNGB, I don't think that Lt Gen
Sasseville is getting 4 stars, as the next VCNGB will be from the Army if Loh is elevated. Could be any of the sitting Army adjutant generals (except MG Daugherty of Washington state, who is retiring).
Oh wow, I didn't even notice this post (it appears I might've been tagged improperly). Shows how busy I've been as of late. We're overdue for another large batch of nominees and hopefully there will be some when I wake up in a few hours. Until then (and even if there's nothing), here's my thoughts on the above:
-I think LTG Mohan is the clear frontrunner to succeed GEN Hamilton. LTG Hoyle has only been in the 3-star rank for a few months and she'd possibly be the youngest 4-star ever (at least in Army history). She graduated from West Point in 1994. There are Colonels who were just confirmed to the rank of Brigadier General who graduated the same year (well not that many, but I know of at least one, BG (select) Jin Pak. The frontrunners to be DCG of US Army Materiel Command if LTG Mohan is elevated are MG Jered Helwig and MG David Wilson.
-VADM Wade has several possibilities for his next assignment. The three most likely (in no particular order) in my opinion are: 1) DCNO, N3/ N5; 2: Director, J5, Joint Staff; 3) Commander, US Third Fleet.
-No ideas as to what's delaying the promotion of MG Heritage.
Sasseville is probably the front-runner to be the next CNGB, which is probably one of the reasons why we haven't seen him get nominated for a fourth star, while serving as VCNGB. The other reason is probably because both he and GEN
Hokanson are near the end of their terms. Unlike ADM
Michel, who had only been in-office for a little over a year, and had about two more years left in his term as VCCG.
Neovu79 (
talk) 01:28, 6 April 2024 (UTC)reply
So time-in-grade requirements for retirement wouldn't matter, correct? Lt Gen
Sasseville would have needed 3 years as a four-star.
SuperWIKI (
talk) 08:02, 6 April 2024 (UTC)reply
It wouldn't matter, since Sasseville only 61, with a SecDef waiver, he would be able to serve until 66 and could potentially serve a full four-year term as CNGB. While the standard requirement is three years in-grade, Sasseville would only need to serve two-years with the SecDef's approval, or the POTUS can waive the time-in-grade requirement altogether.
Neovu79 (
talk) 02:43, 9 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Speaking of Sasseville, I expect press coverage if he's promoted given his role on 9/11/
EPMen (
talk) 03:23, 9 April 2024 (UTC)reply