Marine CO gets the big Hawaii heave-ho
Col. Jeffrey Woods was commander of Marine Corps Base Hawaii. I am sorry for all these reliefs, but glad to see the Navy Department realizes that disclosing such information is good. It is too bad that the Army has forgotten that such dismissals are the public’s business, and that taking care of the public interest ...
Col. Jeffrey Woods was commander of Marine Corps Base Hawaii. I am sorry for all these reliefs, but glad to see the Navy Department realizes that disclosing such information is good. It is too bad that the Army has forgotten that such dismissals are the public's business, and that taking care of the public interest and the private soldier come before the feelings or careers of senior officers. George Marshall knew that. In 1941, explaining his culling of the officer corps, he wrote that, "In all these matters the interests of the soldier and the nation, rather than that of the individual officer, have governed." I wonder if anyone teaches this stuff at West Point.
Col. Jeffrey Woods was commander of Marine Corps Base Hawaii. I am sorry for all these reliefs, but glad to see the Navy Department realizes that disclosing such information is good. It is too bad that the Army has forgotten that such dismissals are the public’s business, and that taking care of the public interest and the private soldier come before the feelings or careers of senior officers. George Marshall knew that. In 1941, explaining his culling of the officer corps, he wrote that, “In all these matters the interests of the soldier and the nation, rather than that of the individual officer, have governed.” I wonder if anyone teaches this stuff at West Point.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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