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.
How is that? By having your officers lie about their rifle marksmanship 'skills'? What Marine General was relieved for those lies?
Like Burt Lancaster said in "Go tell the Spartans," (to the effect) . . . it's booze or p-tang.
Wasn't Wallace the V Corps commander in 2003?
maybe he had computer issues..
Now I remember. William Wallace (gotta love the name) commanded V Corps in Heidelberg and was the guy LTG Sanchez (1AD) replaced in Iraq after Wallace had handled the invasion. I never worked under him, but I worked near him and saw what he did. Good guy.
"matters of personal conduct"
I think so .... Led it into Iraq. The last General to lead a "Corps" into combat. It will be interesting to see his views on UAs.
Actually it's opposite. Things can get awkward if you're not Judeo-Christian, especially in officer land.
But it is a violation of the UCMJ.
Forgot to ping you to this one. Intereting turn of events. I wonder how the Unit of Action (FCS) program will go under Wallace.
Thanks. Saw the thread early on, didn't post anything.
Lefties are already commenting on it, obviously hoping it will somehow reflect poorly on Bush and/or the military.
I am well aware of that. I was an Army officer for four years after college; ROTC.
Rummy and Myers have a Pentagon news briefing at 1:15. C-SPAN will carry. No doubt questions will be asked about this issue.
http://www.c-span.org/
DEFENSE POLICY
Pentagon Press Briefing
Def. Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Richard Myers hold a Pentagon press briefing. Despite hopes of reducing U.S. troop strength in Iraq by next spring, Sec. Rumsfeld is expected to respond to questions about the need to raise troop levels in the interim.
TUES., 1:15PM ET, C-SPAN
Probably.....
I'd hate to work all my life to reach the top just to realize that some jerk running a crack house got more than I.
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.
Lt. Gen. William Wallace - What a great name for a Four-Star General? I have read that he is a hard ass too. We need more General Patton's and less Patent Leather in our military.
That is the question that I'm interested in ....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050809/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/army_general_relieved
Senior General Is Relieved of Duties By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
10 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The Army, in a rare disciplinary act against a four-star officer, said Tuesday it relieved Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes of his command after a Pentagon investigation into unspecified "personal conduct."
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.
In that post, Byrnes oversaw all Army training programs and the development of war-fighting guidelines. It operates 33 training schools and centers on 16 Army installations and is headquartered at Fort Monroe, Va. Among the command's responsibilities is to oversee Army recruiting and initial recruit training.
"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.
Although disciplinary action against general officers is not uncommon, it is extremely rare for a four-star general to be relieved of command. Byrnes 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.
Byrnes' tenure at Training and Doctrine Command was already coming to a close, since his successor had been named — though not yet confirmed by the Senate — and Byrnes had not been nominated for another post. He was expected to retire.
A spokesman for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Bryan Whitman, said the investigation involved "matters of personal conduct," but he would not say more.
Other officials said the matter was investigated by the Defense Department Inspector General and the findings were now being considered by senior Army officials to determine whether further action should be taken.
Among the four-star general or flag officers to have been relieved of command in recent years was Navy Adm. Richard C. Macke, sacked as commander of Pacific Command in 1995 for remarks he made about the case of U.S. Marines accused of raping a 12-year-old Japanese girl, and Gen. Michael Dugan, who was fired as chief of staff of the Air Force in 1990 for comments to reporters about planning for the 1991 Gulf War.
Army officials said they were not immediately able to cite the last time a four-star Army general was relieved of duty.
With the departure of Byrnes, the deputy commander of Training and Doctrine Command, Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Jones, has been designated the acting commander, 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 four-star rank and assignment as commander of Training and Doctrine Command, to succeed Byrnes, but he has not yet been confirmed by the Senate. There was no public indication at the time that Byrnes was under investigation.
Pentagon briefing beginning on C-SPAN.
Pentagon briefing beginning. On C-SPAN.
Sorry if this is a double post.
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