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Posted on 08/19/2025 10:21:42 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force’s top uniformed officer is set to retire early in the most recent shake-up of military leadership during President Donald Trump’s second term.
Gen. David Allvin will continue serving as the service’s chief of staff until a replacement is confirmed by the Senate, the Air Force announced Monday. He expects to retire around Nov. 1, two years into his four-year term, it said in a statement.
Allvin joins other top military officials who have stepped down or been fired by Trump’s Republican administration during a broader leadership upheaval, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plans to slash the number of senior military positions in what he calls an efficiency effort and a purge of top officers who were believed to endorse diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
For example, Trump fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in February. Brown was the second Black general to serve as chairman, and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine later took over the role.
Allvin, a command pilot with more than 4,600 flying hours, was appointed Air Force chief of staff by President Joe Biden, a Democrat, serving since November 2023. Before that, he was vice chief of staff during Trump’s first term.
“I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve as the 23rd Air Force Chief of Staff and I’m thankful for Secretary Meink, Secretary Hegseth and President Trump’s faith in me to lead our service,” Allvin said in the Air Force’s statement.
When asked for more details on Allvin’s departure, the Air Force directed The Associated Press to its statement.
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Given the Senate's progress in confirming Trump nominees, Allvin will continue until January 2029.
BIDEN APPOINTEE
top uniformed officer
You have to wear the entire uniform, not just the top. It’s in the UCMJ.
I would imagine that refers to the various civilian Secretaries of this and that in the USAF and DoD.
In the balance of nature, Portland promoted a DEI to fire chief.
Sec AF can request an officer up to 0-10 be frocked as part of the nominating process and then TAD them into the role during the process.
3.3.c.1.a in the attached.
https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/133402p.pdf
If not confirmed then the frock would be rescinded and the TAD ended.
No shirt no shoes - no service. Nothing about pants - I’ve always found that to be a bit of an oversight.
You said it, the "resistance" is the GOP, quietly blocking Trump from getting things done. No judges, no staffers if it goes through Senate confirmation.
If you're seated at your desk, how would anyone know?
they have done terrible damage to our country.
BIDEN APPOINTEE
Promoted to General by Obama?
That would be two strikes. I wonder, what was strike three?
I wonder, what was strike three?
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His big traitorous mouth most likely.
“Brown was the second Black general to serve as chairman”
Which was two too many if they were appointed only cuz they black.
Everyone agreed that Powell was a remarkable officer and person. Charlie Brown was an affirmative action hire from the day he put on butter bars and then started demanding promotion after promotion for no good reason other then “I izz black, and y’all bettah gibs me dat job or else I start rasin’ a ruckus”.
CJCS is the most powerful military position on Earth. The individual occupying it had better be commensurate.
In reality the CJCS is not in the chain of command. He is an advisor to the President and nothing else. The Chiefs of Staff of all the Military Services are where the real command power is..
Two strikes are enough, be gone.
As the odious Wikipedia puts it...
” The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces[2] and the principal military advisor to the president, the National Security Council,[3] the Homeland Security Council,[3] and the secretary of defense.[3][4] While the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff outranks all other commissioned officers, the chairman is prohibited by law from having operational command authority over the armed forces; however, the chairman assists the president and the secretary of defense in exercising their command functions”
He’s the representative of the President to the JCS and the titular head of that group, and outranks all other military officers. Interpret however you want, but if I was the AFCS I wouldn’t be running behind his back to the President to launch a pre-emptive air strike anywhere.
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