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| 2008-06-09 |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has recommended that President Bush nominate the Defense Department’s director of administration and management, to be the next secretary of the Air Force and Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, to become Air Force chief of staff. As commander of TransCom, Schwartz is in charge of the Defense Department’s extensive transportation network and worldwide operations. He has served in senior joint military positions as director of the Joint Staff, director for operations for the Joint Staff, and deputy commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, Gates noted in his statement. The defense secretary also has recommended that Gen. Duncan J. McNabb, Air Force vice chief of staff, succeed Schwartz at TransCom. McNabb has spent most of his three-plus decades in the Air Force in the areas of lift, refueling and logistics, “making him an ideal candidate to assume the helm of this command,” Gates said in his statement. The secretary also is recommending that the president nominate Lt. Gen. William M. Fraser III, assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to follow McNabb as the next Air Force vice chief. In his current position, Fraser is the chairman’s chief liaison and advisor on international relations and political-military matters. “In addition to his numerous flying and command assignment in the bomber community, General Fraser has extensive wartime, contingency and humanitarian relief operational experience,” Gates said in the statement announcing his recommended nominations. “I am confident that Mike Donley, General Schwartz and the new Air Force leadership team have the qualifications, skill and commitment to excellence necessary to guide the Air Force through this transition and beyond,” the statement concluded. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #6 HMMMMM, a Spook and Freighter/Transport Jock, NOT a Fighter or Bomber Jock... Can a SMELL OF VICTORY IN ME/WOT = SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE, at least for the Air Force??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-09 23:26 |
| #5 "Camp H. M. ('Howling Mad') Smith is a United States Marine Corps installation on the island of Oahu, near the community of ʻAiea. It is the headquarters of Marine Forces Pacific as well as the United States Pacific Command and Special Operations Command Pacific. Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC)is a sub-unified command and serves as the SOF component command for the U.S. Pacific Command. In October 1983, the Joint Chiefs of Staff directed the establishment of Special Operations Commands in the Pacific and European Theaters. Special Operations Command, Pacific (SOCPAC) was subsequently activated on 1 November 1983 with an initial total strength of only eighteen personnel. Six years later, on 28 December 1989, SOCPAC was assigned operational control (OPCON) of what is now the 353d Special Operations Group and 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), which are located on Okinawa, Japan at Kadena Air Base and Torii Station, respectively. On 8 July 1991, SOCPAC assumed OPCON of Naval Special Warfare Task Unit-Pacific and a subordinate SEAL platoon, which are based at Apra Harbor Naval Station, Guam. In early March 2001, SOCPAC established the Joint Special Operations Aviation Component on Oahu, Hawaii. Three months later, on 11 June 2001, SOCPAC gained OPCON over E Company, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), which is based in Taegu, Republic of Korea". Above information provided for retired paratrooper NCOs who might not have a clue what they're talking about. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-06-09 23:12 |
| #4 n. b. 16. June 1997 - October 1998, Commander, Special Operations Command, Pacific, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii I smell a 16 month, 18 hole ticket punch. Just saying.... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-06-09 19:15 |
| #3 And he's got pointy ears. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-06-09 19:11 |
| #2 Click on Schwartz's name for his resume. n. b. 16. June 1997 - October 1998, Commander, Special Operations Command, Pacific, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii Another spook. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-06-09 19:09 |
| #1 ...Don't know Schwartz's record, but it does make sense that they'd pull somebody from outside of the 'combat' track - because quite frankly, everybody in that chain has been tarred by the nuke mishaps. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2008-06-09 19:01 |