Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth officially halted the promotions to one-star admirals of multiple Navy officers despite the crucial fact that they had already been selected for promotion by a board of senior Navy admirals.

Defense Secretaries retain the authority to intervene for actual reasons; it is highly unusual to see Hegseth now blocking promotions to the one-star rank in both the Army and the Navy.

Notably, the Navy officers removed from the........

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