After a nearly 10-month impasse over Defense Department nominations in the Senate, the chamber advanced the promotions of more than 400 officers on Tuesday, filling leadership roles across the military services.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville lifted his monthslong chokehold on the Senate’s military confirmation process, allowing hundreds of promotions to move forward.

Tuberville announced he was dropping his procedural hold on military confirmations on all but those nominated to be four-star generals and admirals.

Tuberville said he will continue to block the promotion of all senior military positions that are four stars or higher.

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed 425 military nominees after a nearly 10-month hold over Department of Defense nominations in the upper chamber, NBC News reported. The confirmation came after Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., decided to lift his hold on the majority of military promotions, particularly on nominees at three-star rank.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, (R-AL), held up the confirmations to protest a Pentagon abortion policy, which offers travel expenses and time off for service members and their dependents seeking legal abortions.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced on Tuesday that he's ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his colleagues in the Senate and clearing the way for hundreds to be approved.

Both of Arizona's U.S. senators were active in the effort to end a 10-month hold on most military promotions by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.