Rumsfeld Said to Pick Retired General to Head Army

AP News via New York Times ^ | June 10, 2003 | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Pukin Dog]

I'll let you take that one in the deliberately ambiguous way it was intended!

Well then, you can call me "Jolly"

We were all fools at one time or another. I could tell you some embarrassing stories about me in basic flight that would make you question why the Navy ever trusted me with anything expensive. Regards, -Jolly.

[Pukin Dog]

Thanks. My goal is a 777 captain's chair someday. I've got another 3 months of sitting around doing nothing until I report. I'm looking forward to getting paid to push buttons and use my fake southern accent talking to the passengers.

[AnAmericanMother]

:-D

[Fred Mertz]

Have you seen this yet? Shinseki retires in less than twelve hours and Rummy pulls this guy out of the mothball closet.

I hope Schoomaker's Waco links to George I, then Clinton-Reno-Foster don't stick to George II.

[leadpenny]

I can only imagine the upheaval that is taking place in the GO ranks as the purge continues.

[RSM]

During Desert Storm, General "Country Carl" Stiner was USSOCOM Commander.

[VaBthang4]

Yeah but Schwarz didnt like Stiner...as a matter of fact he didnt want Stiner in theatre...so another guy travelled out to Saudi and briefed him on the idea for SCUD hunting...then after the fact told Stiner.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[sargunner]

Bump for later..!

[SLB]

There is hope on the horizon. He was a Cav officer when first commissioned.

Fred - The O-6 I now work with was a plt ldr in a troop where Schoomaker was the XO. He ran 12 klicks to work very day with a full ruck and then ran home every evening the same. Even in his conventional assignments he had a leash on him to Spec Ops folks. He would come in and tell the CO he had to leave for a few weeks and the next thing that happened was Grenada was invaded or Panama or Haiti. The O-6 thinks he is probably squeeky clean on Waco, told Reno it was not a military situation, but they would like to observe.

[Matthew James]

Thanks!

[Fred Mertz]

So far, I've only heard good things about him, so I'm optimistic for a change.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!