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...After six hours in the air, the pilots changed course several times on approach-a necessity in a war zone where C17s have been shot at. But pilots are by nature a cool lot: when one of the Air Force's highest-ranking generals, Lt. Gen. Gene Renuart, popped up to the cockpit, they spent a more than an hour shooting the breeze with him. Then the pilots armed the countermeasures to defend the aircraft in case it was attacked, the interior lights were dimmed, and only the green glow of military lights shined on the Silver Bullet...
...would not rule out the possibility that U.S. troops might cross the Iraq border into Iran in pursuit of Iranians suspected of moving weapons to Iraqi militias. But she said she trusts the expertise of Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, who believes that the Iranian arms networks can be broken up with intelligence and interdiction inside Iraq...
...generals in both the Army and Marine Corps is being able to actually find enough recruits to fill out the new, bigger services. The Army, in particular, had serious problems over the past few years reaching its recruitment goals and has had to allow older, less qualified newcomers. But Gen. Wallace told a small group of reporters this morning that recruiting is holding up remarkably well at the moment. In fact, he said, they are about 120% of where they expected to be at this time in the year, on their way to an annual goal of some...
...impression on Fallon's bosses - particularly President George W. Bush, who's looking for a steady military hand to help him turn around the mess in Iraq. This week Bush will announce he wants "Fox" Fallon ("Fox" comes from his call sign as a Naval aviator) to replace Gen. John Abizaid as head of the U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Iraq war and the entire volatile Middle East...
...Fallon was a surprise, few were taken aback by the news that Army Lieut. General David Petraeus will take over Gen. George Casey's job as the on-scene commander in Iraq. Petraeus served in Iraq twice, has a Ph.D in international relations, and comes loaded with the optimism the job requires, not to mention support for the surge option Bush favors. Some Marine officers were pulling for one of their own: Lt. Gen. James Mattis, one of the military's most seasoned combat veterans (he led the complex but successful invasion into Afghanistan and then took the 1st Marine...