[Grut]

Probably a myth. I hate to tell you, but our senior military leaders have always been officers who learned about 'getting ahead by going along' early in their careers.

[Joe 6-pack]

LTG Richard F. Timmons was the EUSA commander when I arrived in Korea in '95...a born a$$-kicker. He returned from a trip from D.C. and shortly thereafter, announced hi retirment...I always had my suspicions. Likewise, Grange, the commander of 1ID, before Abizaid was another soldier's general...

Bring 'em both back!

[OldFriend]

Now would be a good time for those who left in protest to confer privately with Sec.Def. Rumsfeld....if they have not already done so.