Posted on 08/09/2005 7:41:36 AM PDT by SLB
Below is the release put on the Army website last night…..
Army Relieves General of His Command
August 8, 2005
On Aug. 8, the Chief of Staff of the Army directed the relief of Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes from his position as Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. The investigation upon which this relief is based is undergoing further review to determine the appropriate final disposition of this matter.
As the investigation into this is continuing, please discourage speculation from your Soldiers. LTG Jones will be the acting commander until LTG Wallace is confirmed as the new TRADOC commander.
Link?
A nookie-related offense?
Sorry to hear about something like this again, but I'm happy the armed services are doing the house cleaning if it is needed.
Did he forget to disinfect his tongs before handling a Koran?
hmm Used to play soccer with Gen Byrnes's son. LTG Wallace sounds familiar as well.
AT EASE! That sounds like speculation to me.
Here is the link. I did not serach for it prior to posting. http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=7708
The note came from our deputy director at Ft Knox and I posted it as soon as I received it.
LTG Jones is from my hometown. Good man obviously.
He was just promoted to General in 2002,
so this is probably not a situation of
cleaning out Clinton PC deadwood.
"Unlike the Marine Corps, whose credo is that
every Marine is first and foremost a rifleman,
the Army has too many soldiers who have lost
touch with their inner warrior, said Gen.
Kevin P. Byrnes, the Army’s top training general."
FYI
Could this be related to not meeting recruitment goals?
unspecified "personal conduct"
That's really going out on a limb. /sarcasm
My guess is a two-star reduction in rank to MG and a forced retirement.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army said Tuesday it relieved a four-star general of his command after an investigation into unspecified ``personal conduct.''
Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes was relieved as commander of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command on Monday by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker, according to a brief statement issued by Army headquarters at the Pentagon.
Although disciplinary action against general officers is not uncommon, it is extremely rare for a four-star general to be relieved of command. He had held the position as commander of Training and Doctrine Command since November 2002. Before that he was director of the Army staff at Army headquarters in the Pentagon.
``The investigation upon which this relief is based is undergoing further review to determine the appropriate final disposition of this matter,'' the Army statement said.
The deputy commander of Training and Doctrine Command, Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Jones, has been designated the acting commander, following the action against Byrnes, said Army spokesman Paul Boyce.
The spokesman said it was an Army policy not to release information about specific allegations in an investigation of an Army officer.
In April the Pentagon announced that Lt. Gen. William Wallace had been nominated for a four star and assignment as commander of Training and Doctrine Command, to succeed Byrnes. There was no public indication at that time that Byrnes was under investigation.
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