5
...and after Obama got a hold of the reigns:
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...and after Obama got a hold of the reigns:
I immediately knew who the first two were. The next two I have no idea who they are.
General LeMay retired in 1965 but when I arrived at my 1st base ( SAC ) in 1980, his presence was still felt as if he never left.
I remembered her because I looked at the list of officers who where being considered for promotion to four star at the same time she was (IIRC only one out of the list of 10 or so candidates were going to be promoted to that rank.)
Howard's shore assignments include: Course Coordinator/Instructor for the Steam Engineering Officer of the Watch (EOOW) course; Action Officer and Navy's liaison to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Military Services (DACOWITS) in the Bureau of Personnel; Action Officer J-3, Global Operations, Readiness on the Joint Staff from 2001–2003; Executive Assistant to the Joint Staff Director of Operations from February 2003 to February 2004; and Deputy Director N3 on the OPNAV Staff from December 2005 to July 2006.
Howard was the Deputy Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division, OPNAV staff from July 2006 to December 2006, and senior military assistant to the secretary of the Navy January 2007 – January 2009. She served as chief of staff to the director for Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5, Joint Staff from August 2010 until July 2012.[3] From August 2012 to July 2013 VAdm Howard served as Deputy Commander U.S. Fleet Forces Command headquartered in Norfolk, Va.
Howard assumed command of Expeditionary Strike Group 2 and Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151) aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in April 2009. Boxer was the flagship for CTF 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean. She played a key role in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, whose kidnapping by Somali pirates became a major motion picture film.
Howard was promoted to rear admiral (lower half), effective September 1, 2007 and to rear admiral, effective August 1, 2010. She was promoted to vice admiral on August 24, 2012.
On July 1, 2014, Howard was promoted to admiral. She became the 38th Vice Chief of Naval Operations the same day.
At the time she made four star, I looked at the list of candidates and what their job experiences had been, what ships they commanded and actions they had taken part in, and it was clear she was a typical Obama Affirmative Action appointee. If there was a list for promotion to four star, and the list was 30 instead of 10, she wouldn't have even been on that list in a meritocracy-based promotion system. The difference in command, war fighting experience, and actual warship command was astonishing. She had held command of one LSD. But it was obvious they were grooming her with her shore based commands.
. . . and according to the article, she’ll be succeeded by a general named Michelle.
I served in the same Wing with Chappie James. What a great officer and patriot he was!