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

[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.

[Cuttnhorse]

Rest assured that this woman will NOT be one of them.

I dunno...has a lot of Tin Can experience which is a plus.
Seems to have a lot of blue water background. Guess I'm a "lets see".

[mware]

She has a degree in journalism.

[mware]

She has a degree in journalism.

[FormerFRLurker]

I tried reasoning with him to no avail. If women shouldn’t vote because they are more likely to vote Democratic, perhaps men shouldn’t drive because they are more likely to speed and drive under the influence. And since men commit 98% of all sex crimes, perhaps mandatory chastity belts for men are in order. Or, you know, we could just try treating people as individuals and not behave like a bunch of leftists dividing people by race and gender. Their choice ;)