Members of the House Armed Services Committee have said they back the idea, which the Army has now started to embrace as it looks for solutions to poor living conditions for soldiers on base.
The Government Accountability Office has accepted a request from two Democratic congressmen to review the short- and long-term effects of Tuberville's nearly yearlong hold on general and admiral nominees.
The Pentagon has officially extended the deployment of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and a Navy amphibious ready group headed by the USS Bataan in the Mediterranean Sea.