Thanks for the ping, Miss Didi. Reading the Newsweak article Wictor referenced now, which is dated 03/18/20:
“We’re in new territory,” says one senior officer, the entire post-9/11 paradigm of emergency planning thrown out the window. The officer jokes, in the kind of morbid humor characteristic of this slow-moving disaster, that America had better learn who Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy is.
He is the “combatant commander” for the United States and would in theory be in charge if Washington were eviscerated. That is, until a new civilian leader could be installed.:
So I looked up Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaunghessy, according to this article and wikipedia he is retired. Could he be “retired”? Click link to see his photo, he has a very good and honest face.
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108497/general-terrence-j-oshaughnessy/
Retired October 01,2020
Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy is Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command. USNORTHCOM partners to conduct homeland defense, civil support and security cooperation to defend and secure the United States and its interests. NORAD conducts aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning in the defense of North America.
Gen. O’Shaughnessy is a 1986 distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has commanded at the squadron, group, wing, Numbered Air Force and major command levels, including the 57th Wing, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, the 35th Fighter Wing as Misawa Air Base, Japan, and the 613th Air and Space Operations Center, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Gen. O’Shaughnessy has served as the U.S. Pacific Command Director of Operations responsible for joint operations in a region encompassing more than half the globe and 36 nations. Gen. O’Shaughnessy’s joint experience also extends to his time as the Joint Staff J5 Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs for Asia where he shaped regional planning and policy in the Asia-Pacific and Central Asia regions, supporting the commanders of USPACOM and U.S. Central Command.
Prior to his current assignment, Gen. O’Shaughnessy was Deputy Commander, United Nations Command Korea; Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Korea; Commander, Air Component Command, Republic of Korea/U.S. Combined Forces Command; and Commander, Seventh Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, Osan AB, South Korea and Commander, PACAF and Air Component Commander for USPACOM, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
Gen. O’Shaughnessy is a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon, including 168 combat hours.
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Wictor link for those who want to know what this is all about:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3934904/posts?page=570#570
Hmmmm ... O’Shaughnessy ... sounds Polish. ;-)
Please note-the newsweek article dated 3/18/2020 references Gen. O’Shaughnessy. However he retired and General VanHerck was named as his replacement over NORTHCOM and NORAD.
excerpt and link below:
Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck (center), incoming commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, assumes command during a change of command ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Aug. 20, 2020. VanHerck took command from Air Force Gen. Terrence. J. O’Shaughnessy (right), who retired after 34 years of military service.