USAF Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dismissed talk of lowered expectations in Iraq. Appearing on NBC’s “Today” show, he said war critics are trying to “find some divide” between military leaders in Iraq and Washington officials. He went on: “The insurgency that we fight day in and day out, as challenging as it is, can’t sway us. …. They cannot be victorious.”
Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost—a trailblazer and one of the first 10 women to reach a four-star rank across the U.S. military—retired and passed control of U.S. Transportation Command to Air Force Gen. Randall Reed on Oct. 4, finishing an eventful tenure at TRANSCOM.