On Monday, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) would serve on the Board of Visitors for the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) in yet another appointment to a military oversight position.
The U.S. Air Force Academy was founded by an act of Congress in 1954 and approved by President Dwight D. Eisenhower that same year. The facility, located in Colorado Springs, educates Air Force Cadets to prepare them for service in the Air and Space Forces. It is also a tourist attraction.
The academy's congressional oversight comes from a 15-member Board of Visitors (BoV). The board consists of six members appointed by the president, four by the Speaker of the House, one each by the chairs of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees and three other members of the Senate designated by the Vice President or Senate President pro tempore.
On a Monday Truth Social post, Trump announced five recent appointments to the BoV, naming Tuberville and several others as new appointees.
"Our Great United States Air Force Academy will soon have an incredible Board of Visitors, composed of Doug Nikolai, Dan Clark, Senator Tommy Tuberville, Charlie Kirk, and Dina Powell. Congratulations to all," Trump wrote.
The BoV's duties include investigating "morale, discipline, and social climate, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods, and other matters relating to the USAFA."
Tuberville, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, swiftly thanked the president for the appointment.
This is Tuberville's most recent military appointment under the new Trump administration. In January, he was tapped to chair the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel.
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