One of my heroes is gone

[bruiser]

General Norman Schwarzkopf died today at age 78. "Stormin' Norman" was a soldiers soldier. Although he had a quick temper (much like another great General, Patton), he got the job done. He was commander of forces and the architect of the ground war in the first Iraq war. He later became CinC of Central Command based at McDill AFB Florida.

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I always liked him too. I read his autobiography and it was quite good.

 

[Trickie Dick]

As an old Marine, I would have been proud to have him as my commander. A great patriot and leader.

 

[btcherm]

He will be missed.:doorag:

 

[dave01]

The loss of a great leader and military icon. RIP

 

[Bob Denman]

So where will the new Leaders come from?
R.I.P. ray:

 

[bruiser]

The one thing that stands out to me as I think of him was his absolute insistence that goals and objectives be clearly defined before action taken.

Yes he did. And if you were incapable of meeting those goals and objectives you were replaced. Something that was rarely heard of before the 1st Gulf War and unfortunatly since. West Point and the other acadamies turned out a lot of good officers before and after WWII up until the late 60's.

To answer Bob's question, we have very few good top leaders now. And with the change to political correctness being taught in our military acadamies, the movement away from teaching real history in our schools, outright cheating, scandles at the top levels of command etc., I don't see leaders like Generals Schwarzkopf, Powell, Chuck Horner, or even Patton, Eisenhower or Bradley coming out of the acadamies anytime soon. Ok, off my soapbox.

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: And therein lies the problem! :gaah:

 

[Motorcycledave]

It's just to bad

It's Just to bad that there are NO others with his abalities out there now
to step in and keep our country safe from the crazzzys

 

[Bob Denman]

And the REALLY scary thing is... I think that they outnumber us! :shocked:

 

[Oldmanzues]

Yes he did. And if you were incapable of meeting those goals and objectives you were replaced. Something that was rarely heard of before the 1st Gulf War and unfortunatly since. West Point and the other acadamies turned out a lot of good officers before and after WWII up until the late 60's.

To answer Bob's question, we have very few good top leaders now. And with the change to political correctness being taught in our military acadamies, the movement away from teaching real history in our schools, outright cheating, scandles at the top levels of command etc., I don't see leaders like Generals Schwarzkopf, Powell, Chuck Horner, or even Patton, Eisenhower or Bradley coming out of the acadamies anytime soon. Ok, off my soapbox.

I will get on mine for a little. Most people do not remember GEN Curtis LeMay. He made SAC the most powful deterant in the world. He was a lot like the subject of this thread. He had a way of making things happen. Thre was more then one person told to find a new job or go home or ELSE.
New leaders, I am scared to death. I do not see any.
The USAF has started a PC scene for objectal material in the office. One person was ordered to remove a sexual photo from his desk and take it home. It was his teen daughter, wearing a sport bra at some event. There was even talk of removing "nose art" from WW ll at the museum. A book of nose art was removed from a shelf in a office. I think that stopped, but for how long.
next soap bos user
Oldmanzues

 

[jerpinoy]

His greatness will lives on. God bless his soulray:ray:ray: