[OldCorps]

All Marine officers i've ever met were outstanding leaders. However, each service has its own way of doing things. In the case of the Army, I can't see a brigade commander being relieved for something a reporter said on the air. He might be warned how to handle reporters, but i can't see relieving him.

[G. Chapman]

I really don't understand the hostility flying around here about this. I'm pretty sure from most of the comments here that not many of you have spent a week in the service, let alone a day in combat. Many of you should be ashamed for the gross speculation that you are engaged in. None of you know if this guy said anything to the reporters or whined or whatnot.

I know for a fact that part of first marines was only home for less then 30 days after being deployed for 6 months before being redeployed to Iraq. Most of these Marines havn't seen their families for more then 20 days in close to a year. Shame on anyone who makes kneejerk assumptions about why this man was releived.