The Chief’s Corner, Charles R. Bowery Jr.

Army History ^ | Fall, 2020 | Charles R. Bowery, Jr.

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I was also a Lead Investigator for the Marine Corps IG later in my career. That guy has the look - and coupled with his very suspicious editorial, all my alarms go off.

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That's not true. Perhaps Antonio Johnson is the first person we have the name of on record as having slaves (from the Virginia court declaring his indentured servant to being "indentured servant for life" against his will).

As early as the first few English settlements there were whites brought here against their will from the streets of England -- often young runaways or orphans.

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The Army is shaped by the party in power during its time in power. This is especially true in the higher ranks that require nomination and congressional approval. Ultimately, though, as President Lincoln found, the object of an Army is to win wars. It took a long, bloody search before Lincoln could identify Grant as a warrior who wins. We had the same issue in WWII with Patton and Eisenhower. After a while, winning was the ultimate issue for an Army.

Political appointments and promotions aren’t necessarily good fighters. Pretending every soldier has the same physical or mental ability does not make it so, and thus it injures the warfighting capability of a unit.

The purpose of our military is to win wars. Period.