‘Uncharted waters:’ With no Hyten successor in sight, DoD prepares to delegate vice chair jobs
By Stephen Losey
Thursday, Oct 21
WASHINGTON — With one month before the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. John Hyten, retires, the Biden administration has not yet announced a nominee to replace him.
And experts worry that, even if a nomination were to come in the next few days, time is running out to get a new vice chair approved before Hyten’s term expires Nov. 21. Having a gap in the vice chair position could create multiple problems as the Pentagon does crucial work on future budgets and resource allocations, they say.
“Holy smokes, there’s no vice [chair] nomination pending,” Arnold Punaro, a former Senate Armed Services Committee staff director and retired Marine Corps major general, said in an Oct. 15 interview. “This is really ... uncharted waters. I’ve not seen this before.”
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2021/10/21/uncharted-waters-with-no-hyten-successor-in-sight-dod-prepares-to-delegate-vice-chair-jobs/
