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Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She’d be 1st woman to be a military service chief
AP News ^ | 7/21/23 | LOLITA C. BALDOR

Posted on 07/21/2023 11:39:18 AM PDT by Levy78

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, a senior administration official said Friday. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to be a U.S. military service chief.

Biden’s decision to tap Franchetti, an admiral with broad command and executive experience, goes against the recommendation of his Pentagon chief, but he is selecting an officer whom insiders had considered the top choice for the job. Franchetti, the current vice chief of operations for the Navy, would become the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recommended that Biden select Adm. Samuel Paparo, the current commander of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, several U.S. officials said last month. But instead, the administration official said Biden is nominating Paparo to lead U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the nomination has not been made public.

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KEYWORDS: checkbox; franchetti; lisafranchetti; navy; quotasvsamerica; unfittocommand
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To: Levy78

Zero warfighting command experience no matter what she/he/it is. This is nincompoop stupid thinking.. a “first”. Why not elevate a few of the defrocked female warship commanders— both of whom were having CAT fights with their own CIC officers (fems/lezos etc.).

One more idiotic decision affecting our NAVAL superiority— this person is completely WRONG. Period. That is all.


121 posted on 07/21/2023 2:13:12 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis.)
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To: Levy78

Is this one a real female?


122 posted on 07/21/2023 2:16:08 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: llevrok
An administrator selected. Not a sailor.

Her profile seems to show a good deal of sea duty.

Her operational tours include auxiliaries officer and first division officer on USS Shenandoah (AD 44); navigator and jumboization coordinator onboard USS Monongahela (AO 178); operations officer on USS Moosbrugger (DD 980); combat systems officer and chief staff officer for Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2; executive officer of USS Stout (DDG 55); and assistant surface operations officer on USS George Washington Strike Group. She commanded USS Ross (DDG 71) and DESRON-21, embarked on USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). She also served as commander of Pacific Partnership 2010, embarked on USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).

Ashore, Franchetti’s assignments include commander, Naval Reserve Center Central Point, Oregon; aide to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations; protocol officer for the commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; 4th Battalion officer at the U.S. Naval Academy; division chief, Joint Concept Development and Experimentation, on the Joint Staff, J7; deputy director of International Engagement and executive assistant to N3/N5 on the Navy staff; and military assistant to the Secretary of the Navy.

Her flag assignments include commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea; commander, Carrier Strike Group 9; commander, Carrier Strike Group 15; chief of staff, Strategy, Plans and Policy (J-5) Joint Staff; commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO; deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe; deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa; Joint Force Maritime Component Commander; deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development, N7; and director for Strategy, Plans and Policy (J-5), Joint Staff. Franchetti assumed the duties as Vice Chief of Naval Operations Sept. 2, 2022.

123 posted on 07/21/2023 2:25:13 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: DFG
Franchetti did not graduate from Annapolis like most senior Navy admirals.

But they thought enough of her to have her on the staff: 4th Battalion officer at the U.S. Naval Academy.

124 posted on 07/21/2023 2:29:03 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: BarbM
What does “cis” mean? I’m asking for a friend.

It's NORMAL in hate speak.

125 posted on 07/21/2023 2:32:23 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Delta 21

Yeah, I was kind of wondering just how many heads she jumped over to get this job. Vice CNO? Really? I’m not totally Navy-savvy.


126 posted on 07/21/2023 2:36:01 PM PDT by thescourged1
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To: Levy78

Considering that we’ll be at war soon, Biden might as well give her a fifth star like they did to Nimitz in WWII.


127 posted on 07/21/2023 2:49:30 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: BenLurkin

It all started so promisingly in 1776. But then the illiterates started to vote.


128 posted on 07/21/2023 3:01:31 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: euram
We already have “Rachel” Richard Levin who is an Admiral

Not US Navy though.

129 posted on 07/21/2023 3:01:37 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: dfwgator

She sent in 50 Cap’n Crunch box tops for that “master degree”. Fair and square.


130 posted on 07/21/2023 3:18:45 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The only place I ever saw the word cis- before the lunatics hijacked it was in the name of the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul.

Thanks to your post I now know what the name means!


131 posted on 07/21/2023 3:21:17 PM PDT by skepsel ("A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime", Mark Twain.)
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To: PIF

3/4 of the ribbons are what everyone gets the remainder are DEI. None for battle of Coral Sea, Leyte Gulf, Okinawa etc.


132 posted on 07/21/2023 3:21:53 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Levy78

“with broad command and executive experience”

Doesn’t say anything about combat experience.

5.56mm


133 posted on 07/21/2023 3:23:27 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: Bratch

wait until the Chinese engage, they’ll run like hell


134 posted on 07/21/2023 3:28:25 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Delta 21

Degree in journalism.


135 posted on 07/21/2023 3:29:58 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Levy78

I care not her sex or sexuality. I want a leader that knows the enemy not due to his or her mental excellence or sexuality. I want a SON OF A BITCH that will kill my enemy and walk on his graves with joy. That was the logic of General Patton.


136 posted on 07/21/2023 3:30:57 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-roughneck-geologist- instructor pilot-almost chemist-pharmacist-retired.)
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To: Levy78

During confirmation, everyone take a drink when she says, “Diversity and inclusion.”

God help us.


137 posted on 07/21/2023 3:36:40 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: dfwgator

Was probably masters in Community Organization, but Organization Management sounds better.


138 posted on 07/21/2023 3:36:45 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: dfwgator

Perfect!


139 posted on 07/21/2023 3:39:37 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Levy78

Wish she looked like Catherine Bell thats one I could get behind


140 posted on 07/21/2023 3:49:24 PM PDT by al baby (Sarcasm )
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