Posted on 01/04/2007 1:13:05 PM PST by bnelson44
BUSH CHOOSES ADM. WILLIAM J. FALLON TO REPLACE GEN. JOHN ABIZAID; DAVID PETRAEUS FOR GEN. GEORGE CASEY, ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED
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Navy eh? Does that mean the troop surge is another carrier battle group? Nah...that won't get rid of the guerrillas operating in the cities...maybe for Iran though...
Excellent.
Especially in the case of Petraeus. He's exactly what we need - and one of the missing ingredients for victory.
In every other major American war, the winning Generals were people who rose quickly as a result of the war.
From Division Commander to Theatre Commander in three and a half years - that's an awfully big jump, in the modern Army. And it's exactly what's needed.
ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON, USN
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
Admiral William J. Fallon was raised in Merchantville, N.J. A 1967 graduate of Villanova University, he received his commission through the Navy ROTC Program and was designated a naval flight officer upon completion of flight training in December 1967.
Admiral Fallon began his Naval Aviation service flying in the RA-5C Vigilante with a combat deployment to Vietnam, transitioning to the A-6 Intruder in 1974. He served in flying assignments with Attack Squadrons and Carrier Air Wings for twenty-four years, deploying to the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans embarked in USS Saratoga, USS Ranger, USS Nimitz, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS Theodore Roosevelt. He has logged more than 1,300 carrier arrested landings and 4,800 flight hours in tactical jet aircraft.
Admiral Fallon commanded Attack Squadron SIXTY FIVE embarked in USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, Medium Attack Wing ONE at NAS Oceana, Virginia, and Carrier Air Wing EIGHT in USS Theodore Roosevelt during a combat deployment to the Arabian Gulf for Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Assigned as Commander, Carrier Group EIGHT in 1995, he deployed to the Mediterranean as Commander, Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group and commanded Battle Force SIXTH Fleet (CTF 60) during NATO’s combat Operation Deliberate Force in Bosnia. Admiral Fallon served as Commander, SECOND Fleet and Commander, Striking Fleet Atlantic from November 1997 to September 2000.
Shore duties included assignment as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Commander, Fleet Air Jacksonville, and to the staffs of Commander, Reconnaissance Attack Wing ONE; Commander, Operational Test Force, and Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. He has served as Deputy Director for Operations, Joint Task Force, Southwest Asia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and as Deputy Director, Aviation Plans and Requirements on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C. His first flag officer assignment was with NATO as Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans and Policy for Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic. He was then assigned as Deputy and Chief of Staff, U.S. Atlantic Fleet followed by assignment as Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff, U.S. Atlantic Command. Admiral Fallon served as the 31st Vice Chief of Naval Operations from October 2000 to August 2003. He was the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and U.S. Atlantic Fleet from October 2003 to February 2005.
Admiral Fallon is a graduate of the Naval War College, Newport, R.I., the National War College in Washington, D.C., and has a Master of Arts Degree in International Studies from Old Dominion University. His awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, and various unit and campaign decorations.
As of: 26 February 2005
http://www.pacom.mil/leadership/j0/j0bio.shtml
Who was that NG general in post Katrina Louisiana. He should be Pentagon spokesman.
Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus
Commanding General, U.S. Army
Combined Arms Center and Fort
Leavenworth
Commandant, U.S. Army Command and
General Staff College
Deputy Commanding General for Combined Arms, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
Director, Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance
Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus assumed command of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth on October 20th, 2005 following deployment in Iraq as the first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq, which he led from June 2004 to September 2005, and the NATO Training Mission – Iraq, which he commanded from October 2004 to September 2005. Prior to that deployment, he commanded the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), leading the “Screaming Eagles” in combat during the first year of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His command of the 101st followed a year deployed on Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia, where he was the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations of the NATO Stabilization Force and the Deputy Commander of the US Joint Interagency Counter-Terrorism Task Force – Bosnia. Prior to his tour in Bosnia, he spent two years at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, serving first as the Assistant Division Commander for Operations of the 82nd Airborne Division and then as the Chief of Staff of XVIII Airborne Corps.
Lieutenant General Petraeus was commissioned in the Infantry upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1974. He has held leadership positions in airborne, mechanized, and air assault infantry units in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, including command of a battalion in the 101st Airborne Division and a brigade in the 82nd Airborne Division. In addition, he has held a number of staff assignments: Aide to the Chief of Staff of the Army; service as a battalion, brigade, and division operations officer; Military Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe; Chief of Operations of the United Nations Force in Haiti; and Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Lieutenant General Petraeus was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Class of 1983. He subsequently earned MPA and Ph.D. degrees in international relations from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and later served as an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the US Military Academy. He also completed a fellowship at Georgetown University.
Awards and decorations earned by General Petraeus include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal, two awards of the Defense Superior Service Medal, four awards of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal for valor, the State Department Superior Honor Award, the NATO Meritorious Service Medal, and the Gold Award of the Iraqi Order of the Date Palm. He is a Master Parachutist and is Air Assault and Ranger qualified. He has also earned the Combat Action Badge and French, British, and German Jump Wings. In the fall of 2005, he was recognized by the U.S. News and World Report as one of America’s 25 Best Leaders.
LTG Petraeus and his wife have two children, a son and a daughter.
Last Reviewed: September 25, 2006
http://usacac.army.mil/cac/commander.asp
What a winner. This dude's been there / done that. Good!
Another good'n.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
And, according to Wikipedia, Jim Mattis is the Commander of the Marine Forces under Centcom.
Combat soliders - ones who led Divisions - or even smaller units - in combat, that's what has been missing for some time.
Everything is happening at once.
I thought CENTCOM was rotated between Army & Marine generals? I guess it is... until they pick a Navy Admiral. When was the last time the picked a Theater Commander from the list of existing Theater Commanders? You'd probably have to go back to Creighton Abrams or someone like that.
Time to kick A**!!!!
Well they say, you don't know if a general can fight in the combat situation you put him in until the war starts.
I think Bush is stealing some of Nancy's spotlight. That aught to really tick her off! It was supposed to be HER day!!
Interesting timing. Despite Dominatrix Pelosi's hot air speech today, this move shows the nation who is still in charge.
Bush is CIC for two more years. Take that, Pelosi!
Can you tell me more about his wins?
Thanks!
Iraq's Repairman
July, 2006 - Newsweek
Mission impossible? David Petraeus is tasked with rebuilding Iraq's security forces. An up-close look at the only real exit plan the United States has—the man himself
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5305713/site/newsweek/
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