Marching Orders

Washington Times ^ | 7 OCT 05 | Bill Getz Rowan Scaebourgh

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Marching orders

Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, on his first day as Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, sent a memo to the Joint Staff telling them what he expects. The Joint Staff duplicates the staffing of military commands around the world. It monitors operations, does collaborative contingency planning, writes reports and advises the chairman.

"The Joint Staff will be an agile, empowered, innovative and results-oriented organization, which supports the chairman in the execution of his duties as the principal military adviser to the president of the United States, the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council. The chairman's role is to be a clear and independent voice, providing the best military advice in an apolitical, nonpartisan manner. As a member of the Joint Staff, you will help to shape that advice. It is a sacred charge entrusted to us by the citizens we defend."

[dts32041]

Just posted this to show what some public servants prospective on their duties are.

Elected Politican feels this way

[tphil13]

Seems like a clear and concise plan to me.

I'm wondering if there will be a different atmosphere now that Gen. Pace is in charge.

[dts32041]

It is like any bureaucracy, speaking of which of that have you been watching the e-ring, afraid to admit it but Dennis Hooper, must have been are a few of the low drag hard chargers I once met and that is scary, cause my previous imaged of him is the whacked photo journalist in the worse half of Apocalypse now.