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Who Will be the next Chief of Naval Operations?
American Thinker ^ | 2 May, 2023 | Brent Ramsey

Posted on 05/02/2023 4:11:11 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The nation needs and deserves the very best warrior to lead the Navy into our threatened future.

Last September, the Navy promoted and installed a new Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Then Vice Admiral Lisa Franchetti got her 4th star and was appointed to the second-highest position in the Navy. Now after a scant seven months, the betting line going around D.C. is that she will likely be the next CNO based on the identity politics track record of President Biden. When President Biden had an opportunity to appoint to the Supreme Court, before assessing anyone’s qualifications, he announced that a black woman would get that seat, and he followed up on that promise. Would an identity-based selection for the Navy’s top leader be in the best interest of the Navy and the Nation? No, the nation needs and deserves the very best warrior to lead the Navy into our threatened future.

Admiral Franchetti is a journalism graduate of Northwestern University NROTC, a non-STEM degree which itself is unusual, as the Navy strongly favors STEM degrees for officers. She has a Master’s Degree in organizational management from the University of Phoenix, an online university. Her biography does not mention any war college credential. In contrast, her predecessor Admiral William Lescher had multiple commands in combat zones, was a test pilot, had multiple advanced degrees in naval technical fields and his commands won multiple combat zone merit awards. To naval professionals, for someone to have been promoted to the Navy’s highest rank and second highest position based on a NROTC commissioning source with a liberal arts degree, an online masters, no war college or combat zone credentials, would be considered inconceivable. Perhaps her success is based on a particularly spectacular service record?

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: navy; wokeism
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1 posted on 05/02/2023 4:11:11 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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I am sure that the virtue signaling will frighten the Chinese. I am surprised that speculation is not on a transgender though.


2 posted on 05/02/2023 4:11:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Lisa Franchetti

3 posted on 05/02/2023 4:14:04 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Perhaps her success is based on a particularly spectacular service record?

"Behold my almighty uterus!!!"

4 posted on 05/02/2023 4:19:03 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: MtnClimber

A degree in journalism. Tells you all you need to know.

The Navy is lost, and the battle has not even been fought yet.


5 posted on 05/02/2023 4:22:34 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: Sirius Lee

Post of the week!


6 posted on 05/02/2023 4:23:46 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: MtnClimber

Look for the man who is wearing a dress and is menstrating.


7 posted on 05/02/2023 4:24:03 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Black widow spiders aren't the only species that eats their mate after finishing with them. )
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“Admiral Franchetti is a journalism graduate of Northwestern University NROTC”

I am sure no politics and pure merit gained her all those stars and braid.


8 posted on 05/02/2023 4:25:17 AM PDT by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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To: Jonty30
Did someone say "Admiral"?


9 posted on 05/02/2023 4:25:27 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Bonhoeffer: “Silence in the face of evil is evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”)
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Michelle Howard was promoted some years back to a four star, the first woman, a black woman, to “achieve” that.

I took the time to review the online service records of the men she was promoted over.

It was astonishing to read and compare. There was no comparison. Her only achievements that counted were that she was black and female.


10 posted on 05/02/2023 4:27:00 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: MtnClimber

Given our current state of affairs, I suspect Pee-Wee Herman is high on the list.


11 posted on 05/02/2023 4:27:15 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: RoosterRedux

The Biden Administration is a freak show of incompetence. CNO will check boxes amid no other considerations.


12 posted on 05/02/2023 4:31:22 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: MtnClimber

Make believe woman Rachael Levine went from civilian to 4 star admiral in one day, so it could be anybody.


13 posted on 05/02/2023 4:32:00 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: rlmorel

“A degree in journalism. Tells you all you need to know.
The Navy is lost, and the battle has not even been fought yet.”

Those two sentences say it all.


14 posted on 05/02/2023 4:34:27 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: MtnClimber
To fit the Brandon administration
15 posted on 05/02/2023 4:35:33 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: RoosterRedux

He is the very model of a modern Surgeon General.


16 posted on 05/02/2023 4:36:13 AM PDT by Flag_This
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"Who Will be the next Chief of Naval Operations?"

And, given where the Navy is headed, what will the CNO's personal pronouns be?!?

17 posted on 05/02/2023 4:37:09 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: RoosterRedux

Say your prayers America the end is nigh.


18 posted on 05/02/2023 4:37:39 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: MtnClimber

Here’s our man. Excuse him, he’s on his period. But he’s otherwise a fine speciman.

https://twitter.com/DrLoupis/status/1649481121086709772?t=1sTjMw4vnEPMshUYGvmbIQ&s=19


19 posted on 05/02/2023 4:45:47 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Black widow spiders aren't the only species that eats their mate after finishing with them. )
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To: MtnClimber
How far we've fallen.


20 posted on 05/02/2023 4:50:02 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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