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	Army Chief of Staff Visits Vanguard Troops - DefendAmerica News Article
		U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Baroni, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, and Crestwood, Ky., native, receives the Purple Heart from Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, chief of staff of the Army, May 7, 2005, at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq.
		The Chief of Staff of the Army also saw a demonstration of the Buffalo Ironclaw mine-clearing vehicle by the 36th Engineer Group.
		The Buffalo is one of the ways the Army is combating the threat of improvised explosive devices.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/may2005/a051005la2.html (305 words)

	CNN.com - New Army chief of staff sworn in - Aug. 1, 2003
		CNN.com - New Army chief of staff sworn in - Aug. 1, 2003
		Pete Schoomaker was sworn in Friday as the 35th Army chief of staff, the Pentagon said in a statement.
		Army Secretary Thomas White was forced to resign in April after repeated clashes with Rumsfeld, including disputes over efforts to modernize the service and Rumsfeld's decision to cancel the Army's $11 billion Crusader artillery system.
	cnn.com /2003/US/08/01/army.chief (465 words)

	U.S. Army Aviation Museum \| preserving the Past... for the Future
		The chiefs of staff and the secretaries of the Army and USAF met on 18 February 1951 to discuss the Army’s helicopter requirements and existing weight limitations.
		During March 1952, both the vice chief of staff and the secretary of the USAF reiterated that the Army’s aerial support role was secondary, while that of the USAF was primary.
		Also, the Army chief of staff introduced the Army helicopter program and the USAF plans to organize assault squadrons in duplication of the Army units as a subject to consider at a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in September 1952.
	www.armyavnmuseum.org /history/war/korea/cargo3.html (1868 words)

	ARMY STAFF IDENTIFICATION BADGE INSIGNIA PAGE
		II. SYMBOLISM: The badge is based on the General Staff insignia with a fl star in lieu of the Silver Star. The addition of the laurel leaves indicate achievement.
		V. SUBDUED BADGE: The Army Staff Identification Badge is not authorized to be worn or manufactured in a subdued version.
		VI. MINIATURE BADGES: A miniature badge with 7 stripes in the chief instead of 13 stripes and 1 ½ inches in diameter was authorized on 23 June 1989.
	www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil /badges/ArmyStaffIDBadge.htm (77 words)

	Israeli army chief of staff resigns
		The chief of Israel's armed forces has tendered his resignation in light of an internal probe into last year's war against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, a military spokeswoman said on January 17, 2007.
		Army Radio reported that Halutz sent his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, saying that he was taking responsibility for the outcome of the war.
		More recently, an inquiry by a former chief of staff found that the war's goals were vaguely defined, and that there was faulty work in command centers.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /world/2007-01/17/content_785378.htm (620 words)

	U.S. Army Chief of Staff Discusses Transformation - U.S. Department of Defense Transformation Story
		Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, spoke with Fellows, Aug. 4, 2005, attending the Executive Course about the Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference and the Pacific Armies Management Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand.
		Peter J. Schoomaker, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, visited the Center during a stopover in Hawaii.
		According to Schoomaker, his visit to the center was an excellent opportunity for Army leaders to discuss interoperability and implementation of transformation at the strategic, operational and tactical levels.
	www.defenselink.mil /transformation/articles/2005-08/ta081505a.html (258 words)

	Israeli Army Chief of Staff Resigns - Kommersant Moscow
		Former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Shomron headed the commission charged with investigating the decisions made by the General Staff itself, which came to some grim conclusions.
		Shomron recommended that Lieutenant General Halutz remain in his post, arguing that he would be the most effective at rebuilding the army and that a change of horses in midstream would lead to internal squabbles among the army's leadership at the expense of effective implementation of the commission's recommendations.
		The departure of the chief of staff means that almost the entire military power structure responsible for the war in Lebanon has stepped down.
	www.kommersant.com /p734727/r_527/Israeli_Army_Chief_Resigns (1492 words)

	U.S. Army Chief of Staff Visits Iraqi Soldiers - DefendAmerica News Article
		U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker (left) receives a guided tour of the Iraqi army's armored vehicles at Camp Taji, Iraq, April 19, 2006, from Iraqi army Maj. Gen.
		CAMP TAJI, Iraq, April 21, 2006 — U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker visited the 9th Iraqi Army Division April 19 to conduct strategic and operational assessments of security operations north of Baghdad.
		U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker meets Iraqi army tankers from 1st Mechanized Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, at Camp Taji, Iraq, April 19, 2006.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/apr2006/a042106ls3.html (252 words)

	General George Casey - Chief of Staff Army
		The Chief of Staff, Army (CSA) serves as the senior military advisor to the SA in all matters and has responsibility for the effective and efficient functioning of Army organizations and commands in performing their statutory missions.
		(8) Tasking the Vice Chief of Staff, Army (VCSA) and the ARSTAF and, as authorized by the SA in paragraph 2a(7), elements of the Army Secretariat to perform the CSA’s assigned duties and responsibilities.
		The Way Ahead is an overview of The Army Strategic Planning Guidance (ASPG), which as the Army's institutional strategy represents the Army senior leadership's vision of how the Army will fulfill its mission to provide necessary forces and capabilities to the Combatant Commanders in support of the National Security and Defense Strategies.
	www.army.mil /leaders/leaders/csa (412 words)

	Fort Campbell Historical Foundation, Inc. - President and CEO
		In 1985, he was reassigned to the Army Staff as Executive to the Chief of Staff, United States Army.
		Promoted to Lieutenant General, he was assigned as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Department of the Army and Senior Army Member, United States Military Committee, United Nations, from June 1991 until March 1993.
		His last assignment was Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, and Florida, from 5 August 1994 to 13 August 1997, with responsibility for the region encompassing twenty countries of Africa, the Middle East, Persian Gulf and South Asia.
	www.fortcampbell.com /president.php (462 words)

	Newsvine - Army Chief Wants to Speed Up Troop Hike (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Army's new chief of staff says he wants to accelerate by two years a plan to increase the nation's active-duty soldiers by 65,000.
		The Army has set 2012 as its target date for a force expansion to 547,000 troops, but Gen. George Casey said Saturday that he has told his staff to have the soldiers ready earlier.
		Casey told a group of soldiers' spouses that one of his tasks is to try to limit the impact of the strain on soldiers and their families.
	www.newsvine.com /_news/2007/04/29/690374-army-chief-wants-to-speed-up-troop-hike (756 words)

	Chief Of Staff Of The Army's Professional Reading List
		Coffman begins with a sketch of the status of the Army in the wake of the reforms of Secretary of War Elihu Root at the beginning of the twentieth century.
		(The Army was to grow from 127,000 to 3,000,000 in less than nineteen months.) Not until early 1918 did Baker secure as chief of staff the officer who brought a measure of order to the process--General Peyton C. March.
		In filling a series of high-level positions--Army chief of staff, special envoy to China, secretary of state and of defense--Marshall consistently acted as the dispassionate pragmatist, carefully weighing pluses and minuses to the ultimate benefit of his country.
	www.strategypage.com /military_reading_lists/chief_of_staff_of_the_armys_professional_reading_list.asp (8446 words)

	Israeli army chief of staff resigns - Boston.com
		But Army Radio reported that Halutz said in the letter that he was taking responsibility for the outcome of the war.
		Halutz is not the first military chief to have his tenure abruptly end.
		Moshe Kaplinsky, who was dispatched to the Lebanon front to assume command during the war, told Israel TV last week that he would be a candidate for chief of staff after Halutz leaves.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/01/16/israeli_army_chief_of_staff_resigns?mode=PF (588 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Speaking to The Tribune, General J.J. Singh said he considered it a great privilege and "matter of justifiable pride to be appointed as the Chief of Army Staff of the world's second-largest army and one which is considered amongst the highly professional and experienced armies".
		Had the government decided to make present Chief of Army Staff Gen N.C. Vij as the CDS now, General J.J. Singh would have lost out on the chance to be the Chief of Army Staff, sources said.
		In his operational role, the new Army chief commanded Mountain Brigade in Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, a division in the Western Sector and one of the three strike corps of the Army.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041128/main2.htm (512 words)

	Army Chief of Staff Builds Warrior Ethos
		Schoomaker, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, made the remarks before a crowd of about 175 at the second presentation of the Hughston Leadership Lecture Series.
		Army officials admitted that poorly maintained equipment and inadequate training of the support unit contributed to the deaths of 11 soldiers and the capture of nine others, including Lynch.
		Schoomaker said the Army has made big strides in the past two years and is better able to fight a war where there is no clear front line and where all soldiers face deadly threat.
	www.nationalinfantryfoundation.org /nr_scoomaker.shtml (381 words)

	Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr., General, United States Army
		He was promoted to General in 1964 and appointed Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (he was seriously considered as a candidate for Chief of Staff at that time).
		He was appointed Chief of Staff of the United States Army in June 1972 but was not confirmed by the Senate until October 1972 due to political repercussions involving disobedience by one of his subordinate commanders.
		The major themes in the Army during those two years were Abrams themes, as plain and strong as the man who established them: the readiness mission; rethinking the Army's role; and taking care of the soldier.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /abrams.htm (3632 words)

	Army chief pick shows Rumsfeld's new focus - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rumsfeld is recommending that President Bush nominate retired Army Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker to replace the outgoing Army chief of staff, Gen. Eric Shinseki.
		The pick is viewed as a slap at the current roster of Army four-star and three-star generals vying for the service's top post, because defense secretaries do not usually reach outside the ranks of current active-duty officers to pick a chief of staff.
		Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. John Keane will take over as acting chief of staff until a successor to Gen. Shinseki is confirmed.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20030611-120116-9113r.htm (935 words)

	Army chief says 200,000 troops needed to keep the peace - theage.com.au
		The US Army, the branch usually called on for such missions, puts the number of troops available to be deployed abroad at 293,000, out of a total force of 480,000.
		General Shinseki and General John Jumper, the air force chief of staff, told the committee that some parts of the military were already strained because of deployments in Afghanistan, Korea, the Sinai and Bosnia.
		During the hearing, the uniformed chiefs of all four military services said they were prepared for war.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/02/26/1046064103887.html (467 words)

	Deputy Chief of Staff ARMY G-1 - Home Page
		Our vision for the human resource enterprise is a team of HR professionals dedicated to supporting and empowering Soldiers, Civilians, Families and Veterans worldwide in an era of persistent conflict.
		The DCS Directive was signed by the Acting Secretary of the Army on 26 March 2007.
		The new Army G-1 website layout is here and will be rolled out a section at a time over the rest of the website.
	www.armyg1.army.mil /default.asp (247 words)

	Chief of Staff Army Supply Excellence Award Program
		rmy Vice Chief of Staff Gen. John M. Keane awarded 54 active-duty and reserve component units the Chief of Staff, Army Supply Excellence Award Sept. 5 in Arlington, Va. Another 31 awards were presented to individuals at a dinner Sept. 4 by Maj. Gen.
		She went on to say that the onsite unit evaluations are always conducted between January and June, with the winners announced by the Army G4 in July.
		She told SGT Lee that the 2003 award ceremony was planned for mid-August, pending approval of the Chief of Staff, Army.
	www.quartermaster.army.mil /oqmg/Professional_Bulletin/2003/Spring03/Chief_of_Staff_Army_Supply_Excellence_Award_Program.htm (1040 words)

	Army - Chief of Staff (U.S.) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This color is used by the Chief of Staff in lieu of the rank flag (red with four white stars and yellow fringe) that would normally be displayed by a four-star general.
		The fl and yellow of this color derive from the cords of mixed fl and gold that used to be worn by staff officers on the campaign hat.
		The Director of the Army Staff is a lieutenant general (three stars); he is the Army's top operations officer.
	flagspot.net /flags/us^acos.html (155 words)

	Memo to Army Chief of Staff: Lt. Col. West Wronged
		Memo to Army Chief of Staff: Lt. Col.
		This is what happens in the politically correct world in which a secretary of the army (Togo West) hires a consultant who actually drafts a report stating that the Army needs to become less aggressive and more in touch with its feminine side.
		This is what happens when the Army culture replaces risk-taking and initiative with hundreds of pages of rules and regulations that hamper war-fighting, degrade unit integrity, and place inane limits on how Soldiers can or cannot conduct themselves in battle.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,Weisman_110303,00.html (726 words)

	Israeli army chief of staff resigns over Lebanon failures - Independent Online Edition > Middle East
		Both Olmert and Peretz accepted the chief of staff's resignation, the military said.
		Three candidates dominating the succession speculation are deputy chief of staff Maj. Gen.
		Moshe Kaplinsky, who was dispatched to the Lebanon front to assume command during the war; Gabi Ashkenazi, a retired general and current director general of the Defence Ministry; and Maj. Gen.
	news.independent.co.uk /world/middle_east/article2160384.ece (694 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Wars 'useful', says US army chief
		The head of the United States army has said that the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have provided a "tremendous focus" for the military.
		General Peter Schoomaker said in an interview with AP news agency that the wars had allowed the army to instil its soldiers with a "warrior ethos".
		But the general, who became chief of staff in August, denied warmongering saying the army must be ready to fight.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3419715.stm (316 words)

	NPR : Army Chief of Staff
		All Things Considered, June 11, 2003 · NPR's Tom Gjelten at the Pentagon tells Melissa Block about the nominee to be the next army chief of staff.
		In his effort to turn the Army into a more agile and more lethal force, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is expected to nominate a former commander of U.S. Special Operations.
		There is some resentment in the Army that Rumsfeld has not nominated an active duty general for the job, but apparently, he did offer it to a few others who turned it down.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1295847 (171 words)

	Israeli Army Chief of Staff Resigns
		The chief of Israel's armed forces has resigned over the military's failure to achieve its goals in last summer's war in Lebanon, increasing pressure on the prime minister and defense minister to also step aside.
		Halutz, who began his military career as a legendary fighter pilot, was chief of staff for less than two years, having assumed the post on June 1, 2005.
		He was the first air force chief to have commanded the military.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/01/16/international/i144123S09.DTL (1067 words)

	Israeli army chief-of-staff resigns. 17/01/2007. ABC News Online
		Israeli army: Chief-of-staff General Dan Halutz has quit (file photo).
		Israel's army chief, General Dan Halutz, has tendered his resignation over the Israeli attack on southern Lebanon last year.
		Criticism within Israel of the way the country's military fought the war has been intense and unceasing.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200701/s1828390.htm (196 words)

	Arlington National Cemetery:: Historical_Information
		Leonard Wood, USA (10) Army chief of staff, governor of the Philippines, commander of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
		Nathan F. Twining, USAF (43402) Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, chief of staff USAF
		John J. Pershing, USA (1) Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, general of the Armies WWI
	www.arlingtoncemetery.org /historical_information/military_figures.html (1100 words)

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