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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061405172.html?wpisrc=nl_fed
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That's pretty interesting. I don't know what this means. I find it really strange that Gen Mattis didn't get the job- in the middle of a ground war they picked an aviator to run the Corps. The Post talks about the Commandant's role in plotting the future course of the USMC - which is undoubtedly true, but that doesn't explain this choice. Gen Amos is supposed to be something of an intellectual, but Mattis is no slouch himself as a thinker and student of warfare as well as a warrior leader. I don't understand this choice. TPG: what's your take?
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In a major break with tradition, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is planning to recommend that the president select a career aviator as the next commandant of the Marine Corps, a military official said Monday night.
If nominated and confirmed, Gen. James F. Amos would be the first Marine commandant with a background as a jet pilot -- at a time when the Corps is fighting a ground-dominated war in Afghanistan ....
That's pretty interesting. I don't know what this means. I find it really strange that Gen Mattis didn't get the job- in the middle of a ground war they picked an aviator to run the Corps. The Post talks about the Commandant's role in plotting the future course of the USMC - which is undoubtedly true, but that doesn't explain this choice. Gen Amos is supposed to be something of an intellectual, but Mattis is no slouch himself as a thinker and student of warfare as well as a warrior leader. I don't understand this choice. TPG: what's your take?