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As Berger Retires, Tuberville’s Block Leaves Marines Without A Senate-Confirmed Leader

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As Berger Retires, Tuberville’s Block Leaves Marines Without A Senate-Confirmed Leader
Gen. David H. Berger, who retired as Commandant of the Marine Corps on July 10, 2023, while at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on July 29, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Warrant Officer Bobby J. Yarbrough)

Gen. David Berger, the commandant of the Marine Corps, retired from his post on Monday, while the service is now without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in over 100 years. Gen. Eric Smith will serve as commandant in an “acting” capacity, as his nomination remains on hold due to Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) ongoing block of military promotions and nominations over his opposition to the Pentagon’s abortion-related policies.  During remarks at Berger’s relinquishment of office ceremony on Monday,…

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