Friday, April 22, 2005
"MARINE is shorthand for CAN DO"
OOH-RAH!
President Bush has chosen General Peter Pace to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.According to the president: "The first thing America needs to know about Pete Pace is that he is a Marine. To the American people, 'Marine' is shorthand for 'can do.' And I'm counting on Pete Pace to bring the Marine spirit to these new responsibilities."
Gen. Pace, who has held the post of vice chairman of the JCS since 2001, is a Naval Academy grad and an airborne-trained Marine infantry officer who served as a rifle platoon commander during the Vietnam War.
Over the years, he has had a storied Marine Corps-career that has taken him around the world from Korea to the mean-streets of Somalia to Northern Virginia, and - in between - a variety of posts in D.C. and at Camps Pendleton and Lejeune. He also served for a time as an officer in my old regiment, the fighting 5th Marines.
Gen. Pace's colleagues at the Pentagon have dubbed him "Perfect Pete," a reference to his "good looks" and "military bearing."
It's the first time in history that a Marine has been chosen to oversee the JCS... all I can say is, it's about time!
General Peter Pace, USMC, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Semper Fi,
WTSjr
# posted by W. Thomas Smith, Jr. @ 11:48 AM 
