President Joe Biden has yet to make a decision on whether to choose Adm. Samuel Paparo over Adm. Lisa Franchetti, who would be the first female member of the Joint Chiefs.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has recommended Adm. Samuel Paparo as the Navy’s next chief of naval operations, two administration officials said, tapping an operational leader focused on the Indo-Pacific and passing over Adm. Lisa Franchetti, widely regarded as the frontrunner for the job.
“He’s been doing a lot of innovative thinking” with new concepts for how to employ U.S. naval power in the Pacific, and has instituted a series of experiments and exercises aimed at testing new ideas, said Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and retired Navy officer. Adm. John Aquilino, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, recently made a push for Austin to recommend Paparo over Franchetti due to his experience with the China threat, according to a former senior Defense Department official familiar with the discussions, who was granted anonymity to speak about sensitive personnel moves.
His potential nomination comes as more than half of the members of the Joint Chiefs turn over this year. The White House has in recent weeks nominated Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown to be the next chair; Gen. Eric Smith to lead the Marine Corps; and Gen. Randy George to take over the Army. It must still nominate a new Air Force chief of staff to replace Brown.
It will be a tough path forward however, with the new debt ceiling compromise struck between the White House and Congress capping defense spending for the next two years just as the Navy has some big bills coming due.
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