unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ (DoD? Gannett?) has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.
To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.
Read all about Fair Use here. It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.
unhappycamper summary of this article: This is the same shit we went thru 35 years ago.
Army chief of staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey speaks April 19 at Camp Liberty, Iraq, with U.S. soldiers. Dempsey, who ascended to the role of top officer last month, wants to quickly leave his imprint on the service.New Army chief of staff eyes big changesBy Lance M. Bacon - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday May 7, 2011 9:04:16 EDT
The day after he became chief of staff of the Army, Gen. Martin Dempsey was given an in-depth assessment of the state of the Army he took over. It was not a pretty picture.