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JOHN WAYNE 'DUDE'

Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, Commanding General, First United States Army, Fort Gillem, Georgia

General Honore is a native of Lakeland, Louisiana. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry and awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Agriculture upon graduation from Southern University and A&M College in 1971. He holds a Master of Arts in Human Resources from Troy State University as well as an Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration from Southern University and A&M College.

General Honore has served in a variety of command and staff positions. His overseas assignments include tours in Korea and Germany. He served as Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; Vice Director for Operations, J-3, The Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Commanding General and Assistant Commandant, United States Army Infantry Center and School, Fort Benning, Georgia; and Assistant Division Commander, Maneuver/Support, 1st Calvary Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Most recently, General Honore served as Commander, Standing Joint Force Headquarters – Homeland Security, U.S. Northern Command.

General Honore’s awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.

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Honore has some impressive credentials, and I think everyone should cut him some slack. At least he was out on the streets getting his hands dirty and working directly with citizens rather than being holed up in command tent surrounded by MPs somewhere. Here's some more stories about his prior Army activities:

http://ww2.pstripes.osd.mil/01/jul01/ed070601c.html

http://www.army.mil/professionalwriting/volumes/volume3/april_2005/4_05_2.html

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/0805/28natieds.html

http://www.d-n-i.net/fcs/comments/c183.htm

http://www.leavenworth.army.mil/milrev/English/SepOct02/honore.htm

http://www.first.army.mil/pao/2005_Articles/1A_Host_Local_Officials.htm

http://www.tradoc.army.mil/pao/TNSarchives/February05/021405.htm

http://www.pittsburghlive.com:8000/x/leadertimes/s_129750.html

Honore has some impressive credentials, and I think everyone should cut him some slack.

In a city where police and soldiers are being shot at by what can only be called primitives, it doesn't take any courage to tell troops to put down their weapons and humiliate them on national television. That is the action of a PR General playing to the cameras.

What's more, his profanity reveals his lack of character, especially on display like that for public consumption.

Generals shouldn't be on the front line, by the way. They should be planning, using their minds. This guy doesn't have one.