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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2006 – As the United States confronts terrorism, military personnel have to make a cultural shift as they fight what officials now call "the Long War," senior DoD officials said. Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview that the generation of servicemembers entering the military today must focus on how the United States will deal with extremist networks that threaten America and its allies. Odierno said the situation is analogous to the situation confronting servicemembers who fought the Cold War. The Cold War was...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2006 – The American people must remind themselves every day that the United States is at war, a top Army general said today. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, speaking at the American Enterprise Institute here, said that 21st century warfare is more about "will and perception, than taking territory or enemies killed." The will of the American people and people around the world to confront the terrorists and defeat them is the center of gravity in what Pentagon officials are calling "the long war," Odierno, assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. The...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2005 – No war has ever been won on a timetable, and the war in Iraq can be no exception, a former commander in Iraq who's now assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Dec. 2. Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, assistant to Marine Gen. Peter Pace and former commander of the 4th Infantry Division, told grassroots supporters of the military partnering with the America Supports You program that an artificial timetable is no way to begin troop withdrawals from Iraq. Decisions about troop levels need to be condition-based, grounded in increasing self-reliance...

Promotion for Odierno of Fort Hood's 4th ID September 24, 2004FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - The former commanding general of the massive Fourth Infantry Division at Fort Hood is heading to the Pentagon.Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says President Bush has nominated Major General Ray Odierno to become assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Friday's announcement also says Odierno is being promoted to lieutenant general. About 20,000 Fourth Infantry soldiers were among the first U.S. troops to deploy to Iraq, including Odierno himself. Troops from the Fourth Infantry were credited with capturing Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein....

The Army general whose forces captured Saddam Hussein said yesterday that he realized as far back as July that the key lay in figuring out the former Iraqi president's clan and family support structures in and around Hussein's home city of Tikrit. Following a strategy similar to that pioneered by New York City police in the 1990s, who cracked down on "squeegee men" only to discover they knew about far more serious criminals, Maj. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said his analysts and commanders spent the summer building "link diagrams," graphics showing everyone related to Hussein by blood or tribe.

  United States Department of DefenseNews TranscriptsOn the web: http://www.dod.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031027-0820.htmlMedia contact: +1 (703) 697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 Presenter: Major General Raymond Odierno Monday, October 27, 2003 10:08 a.m. EST Commander, 4th Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno, via Teleconference from Tikrit, Iraq             STAFF:  Good morning and thank you for joining us.  I'm pleased to reintroduce to most of you -- I think all of you here, probably -- Major General Raymond Odierno of the 4th Infantry Division.  He is today live from Tikrit, Iraq, and he's got some opening remarks that he'd like to...

Tikrit, Iraq-AP -- The commander of the Army's Fourth Infantry Division in Tikrit, Iraq, is measuring success in dollars. Major General Ray Odierno (oh-dee-EHR'-noh) says relentless pressure from coalition forces is making it more expensive for insurgents to fund attacks, and forcing them to change their tactics. He says when the Fourth Infantry arrived in Iraq, people were paid 100 dollars to attack coalition forces, and 500 dollars if they were successful. Now, he says attackers are demanding up to two-thousand dollars just to attack. Odierno says the price has gone up because fewer people are willing to attack U-S...

  United States Department of DefenseNews TranscriptOn the web: http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030725-0455.htmlMedia contact: media@defenselink.mil or +1 (703) 697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 Presenter: Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander, U. S. Army's 4th Infantry Division Friday, July 25, 2003 Videoteleconference from Iraq with Maj. Gen. Odierno (Also participating was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Mr. Bryan Whitman.)Whitman: I have about two minutes, but I see that the general is there, and we are short on time today, so let's go ahead and get started. And I'm sure a few folks will join us.General, thank you again...