No, retired O-9 who, by law, is not qualified without getting a waiver from the President. You might be confusing Lieutenant Colonel (O-5)with Lieutenant General (O-9).
The GOP is the party for mediocre white men. Every man that they put in power is just a stupid moronic pile of shit. This is what Maga is. This is what Trumpism is all about.
The race/sex thing is only window dressing. It’s about building a military that will do his bidding no matter what and help him hold on to power at all costs.
I'd bet money it's because of the accusations a few years years back (which were investigated and found unsubstantiated) when he was the AFSOC commander, that he pushed a female candidate through the Special Tactics Officer pipeline who should have been washed back.
And this isn’t even a conspiracy theory or left wing whining or something, hegseth literally wrote a book saying he would do it for exactly this reason
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God, we are soooo fucked if China makes a play for Taiwan.
https://w.wiki/D9y3 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff
-Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations
AFSOC will be drinking to his downfall tonight
Just asking.