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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
It looks like Admiral Fallon just resigned.
His deputy will be the acting CENTCOM commander. Lt Gen Dempsey was in command of 1st Armored Division when I was working over in that neck of the woods. He helped me get some medals pushed through for my Airmen that had gotten downgraded by [...]
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
The US Department of Defense plans to stand up a new Africa Command. I’m guessing the Air Force component will be Air Force Africa Command (AFAFCOM). This also means a number of new General Officer positions will be opening up. There is no word I’ve seen as to whether these will be [...]
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Saturday, March 25th, 2006
Sometimes I find that I miss the Cold War. The Soviet Union was an evil, intractable adversary. The stakes on every confrontation were high. That all ended starting in the mid- to late-80s, with Solidarity in Poland, Glasnost and Perestroika in the Soviet Union, the collapse of the Berlin Wall and German reunification, [...]
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