DOWN THREE AND COUNTING: People who work at the Pentagon have taken to posting on social media pictures of the mahogany-paneled wall just inside the River Entrance, which displays the official portraits of the current members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Three of the eight frames are empty, as Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) stranglehold on more than 300 senior officer promotions continues to block their confirmations.

In Annapolis, Maryland, yesterday, as Adm. Michael Gilday ended his term as chief of naval operations, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin again lamented that the Navy now joins the Army and the Marines with no confirmed military leader.