Bush to replace Top Generals

[Bishop]

https://wap.oa.yahoo.com/raw?dp=rssnews&u=a...q&rn=topstories

very long article, but just was curios.. by "replacing" are these generals being forced to leave service?

[Bergman]

Originally posted by Bishop:

very long article, but just was curios.. by "replacing" are these generals being forced to leave service?

Yes. They will face the hardship of retiring with a 100% pension (base salary only, IIRC).

[Bishop]

lol I was thinking under dishonarable terms. But I had a good laugh at that

[Guest KoolKat]

What does it take to give a general a dishonorable discharge these days anyways?

[M2]

Other than his stint as Deputy Director for Operations, JTF-SWA and as commander of Carrier Air Wing Eight on the USS Theodore Roosevelt during a combat deployment to the Persian Gulf for ODS in 1991; does anyone know what other experience Fallon has in the Middle East? I don't know the USN well enough to tell from his bio...

At least Abizaid is from a Lebanese-American family, and earned a Master of Arts degree in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, and was an Olmsted Scholar at the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan. He also commanded the 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Battalion combat Team in Vicenza, Italy, during the first Gulf War and deployed with the battalion in Northern Iraq to provide a safe haven for the Kurds. He was also the Deputy Commander (Forward), Combined Forces Command during OIF. Somewhat better qualified for the job, in my opinion...but maybe there isn't anyone with those credentials to replace him.

Cheers! M2

[ 05. January 2007, 08:05: Message edited by: M2 ]

[Eeyore]

M2,

None. Just force projection into the sea of sand.

Bender,

Nice Rhetorical question.