Ousted Army chief of staff says soldiers deserve "courageous leaders" in email

Guno צְבִי

Guno צְבִי

We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
Ousted Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Randy George, told Pentagon officials in an outgoing email that U.S. soldiers deserve "courageous leaders of character," after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to step down and take immediate retirement.

CBS News exclusively reported earlier this week on the general's ousting, with one source saying Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement his and President Trump's vision for the Army.

An outgoing email, attributed to George and confirmed as authentic by CBS News on Saturday, circulated online after his ousting. A U.S. official told CBS News that George sent the email to Driscoll, the undersecretary and assistant secretary of the Army, as well as to the three- and four-star generals and officers on his staff.

He added: "Our soldiers are truly the best in the world – they deserve tough training and courageous leaders of character. I have no doubt you will all continue to lead with courage, character, and grit."

George previously served as the senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin from 2021 to 2022, during the Biden administration. He became Army chief of staff, typically a four-year post, in 2023.

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Ousted Army chief of staff says soldiers deserve "courageous leaders" in email

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked George to step down and take immediate retirement, CBS News exclusively reported earlier this week.
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The vast majority of officers in the military are NOT courageous leaders. They are sheep filling bureaucratic chairs and far more interested in furthering their own careers than in taking risks of any sort.
 
Guno צְבִי said:
Sezzzzzz the scrounge
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Not the problem I'm describing. This is an issue of management versus leadership. For example, institutional inertia is a big problem here.

We have the Iranians making sporadic attacks on US air bases in the Middle East. The obvious, immediate, solution is disperse the planes and put them in revetments. Add some anti-drone features to the field like reinvent and deploy barrage balloons and parachute and cable barrage weapons. Low tech but highly effective against low-flying drones.
 
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