[AlaninSA]

Good comments from the new CSA. Shinsheki was a Clintonista who destroyed MY Army during his tenure.

I'm still ticked off about the "ARMY OF ONE," Berets and such. Nothing irritates me more than seeing the fat REMF medics from Fort Sam Houston running around in their incorrectly worn black berets at lunchtime.

[Old Sarge]

If authentic, they make a boatload of sense.

ANYTHING is going to be better for the force than Shinseki-san was.

[cavtrooper21]

This guy is talking a good talk, now lets see if he can get the rest of the Army to walk the walk.
Hope he eats his Wheaties, he has a long battle to overcome the entrenched "Clintonista" senior officer corps.

[Ed_in_NJ]

SCHOOMAKER -- FRIEND OF YOURS?

Posted by archy to Ed_in_NJ
On News/Activism 09/23/2003 9:38 PM PDT #88 of 107

So who is next? Who else could damage Clark?

Documents released to Cox Newspapers on Friday by the FBI indicate that Col. William Boykin, then Delta Force commander, and Brig. Gen. Peter Schoomaker, then the assistant division commander of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, were the previously unidentified officers who told Reno use of CS gas, a potent form of tear gas, would make the compound "untenable."

[Arkie2]

Woah! Divisions a thing of the past. Brigade level mobile and more lethal is the name of the game.

I'm especially intrigued by the comments on air support. Being an old Air Force guy myself, my ears pricked up when I read that. The helicopters took a beating during the recent festivities and the Air Force has announced the retirement of the A-10 and its replacement will be the F-16. Not viable in my opinion. I smell a turf war brewing and given the Air Force's lack of concern for close air support I'm hoping the General can bloody their noses. Not very loyal I guess but the Army needs air support and the Air Force has announced they're going out of the business.

[archy]

The DAMPL (DA military priority list?) is out.

Not quite. It's the Department of the Army Master Priority Listing. See here to get an idea of which piece of the S3 puzzle DAMPL fits into.

This should offer some real interesting questions for those involved in inactive reserve force and mobilization/training command readiness programs.

Anyone heard any rumbles about a draft or other conscription authorization bill being drafted or offered lately...?

-archy-/-

[xzins]

Any Army leader who balks, drags his feet, or complains about working in a joint or coalition environment will be fired.

This sounds like a comment from someone who's been in special ops for a career, as has schoomaker.

He doesn't need to worry. All the officers I've known since 1995 would KILL to get a joint assignment. They believe them to be absolute career enhancers.

The other stuff sounds about right. The MIA2 until 2025 is unrealistic. I'd bet it'll still be the MI, but it'll be like the M1A4. Technology is changing, and so will our equipment, or our guys will die.

The housing business is humorous. The army has long hated having to manage on-post housing. Why haven't they changed it? Because there's a whole civilian government jobs system built in support of it. Everytime it's tried to change, the gov unions and politicians get called into it, and then the initiative dies.

If Rumsfeld leaves after Bush's first term, the civilians will outlast this one, and it will not change.

[TADSLOS]

We must re-look Army Aviation - its equipment, tactics manning, etc - and be truly honest about its capabilities before we fly helicopters over any more heavily defended positions without combined arms and joint support

Let me hear and AMEN!

AMEN!!

"Breaking Right"