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2007-11-17 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Bobby 2007-11-17 12:01|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 Nothing succeeds like success. I'm sure that Generals Grant, Sherman, Pershing, Eisenhower or MacArthur (PBUH) never involved themselves with picking the next generation of General officers.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-11-17 13:30|| 2007-11-17 13:30|| Front Page Top

#2 You are correct 'Moose, General Marshall picked all the ones you mentioned while running Benning.

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-11-17 16:44|| 2007-11-17 16:44|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope that means this guy and others like him will finally get a well-deserved shot at a star. And while we're at it...why not an overall housecleaning of the general-officer ranks, the way Marshall did when he took over as Chief of Staff before the start of WWII? From what I've read and heard (including here at the 'Burg), there are plenty of superb LTC's and Colonels who should be generals, and conversely, some hard-charging captains who should be colonels.

And just to keep the conversation going...I've read in more than one place that the Army's getting short of company-grade officers, especially in the combat arms. Can you say "battlefield commissions", boys and girls? I knew you could!

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2007-11-17 19:28|| 2007-11-17 19:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Petraus's inclusion is a signal to the Col's and lower that "outside the box" aggressive thinking will be rewarded and promoted. I can't think of a better message to send to retain the kind of Mil hierarchy America needs. WTG

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-11-17 19:58|| 2007-11-17 19:58|| Front Page Top

#5 The existing personnel system is designed for peacetime managers. It's a defect in most military bureaucracies in history. We've had more than enough run through the WOT that some people can pick out the leaders who understand the job is victory rather than managers who think the job is to avoid defeat.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-11-17 20:26|| 2007-11-17 20:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Gee... a successful commander choosing to promote men that have also proven successful in the field. What a fucking concept.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-11-17 20:39|| 2007-11-17 20:39|| Front Page Top

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