Adm. Alvin Holsey's retirement was announced by the Pentagon in October, over a month into the Trump administration’s strikes on suspected drug boats.
Democrats who were also briefed and saw video of the survivors being killed questioned the Trump administration’s rationale.
An Air Force squadron commander who led a history-making deployment to the Middle East was presented with the military’s third-highest combat award.
In his new role, Lt. Gen. Dale White will oversee many of the Air Force's biggest ― and, in some cases, most troubled ― programs.
