General George W. Casey, Jr.
Chief of Staff of the United States Army
General George W. Casey, Jr.
Chief of Staff of the United States Army
General George W. Casey, Jr. became the 36th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
on 10 April 2007. In his previous
assignment, he was the Commander, Multi-National Force – Iraq, a coalition of
over thirty countries, from 01 July
2004 until 10 February 2007. General Casey was commissioned a second lieutenant
of Infantry from Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service in 1970. Throughout his career, he has
served in operational assignments in
Germany, Italy, Egypt, Southwest Asia and the United States. He has commanded at
every level from platoon to
Division.
His principal staff assignments have been as a Chief of Staff, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Operations
Officer and Chief of Staff, V (US/GE) Corps, Heidelberg, Germany; Deputy
Director for Politico-Military Affairs,
Joint Staff, Commander, Joint Warfighting Center/J7, US Joint Forces Command,
Director Strategic Plans and
Policy and Director of the Joint Staff and 30th Vice Chief of Staff, United
States Army.
He commanded a mechanized infantry battalion at Fort Carson, Colorado; a
mechanized infantry brigade at Fort
Hood, Texas; served as Assistant Division Commander for Maneuver and Support in
the 1st Armored Division in
Bosnia and Germany; and commanded the 1st Armored Division in Bad Kreuznach,
Germany. General Casey
holds a Masters Degree in International Relations from Denver University and has
served as a Senior Fellow at the
Atlantic Council of the United States.
After the massacre at Fort Hood by the jihadi major Malik Hasan, General Casey appeared on "Meet the Press".
From the “please tell me he didn’t really say that” files comes General George Casey, the Army Chief of Staff, who said on Meet the Press on Sunday regarding the terrorist massacre of our soldiers at Fort Hood last week “And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse.”
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I am missing something here. After the attack and murder of 13 innocent people by an apparent imbedded radical Jihadist in the US Army, General Casey said on Meet The Press, "Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse."
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General Casey said: “As horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse.” In other words, taking action against potentially hostile members of the military because of their radical religious beliefs and extreme ideologies is worse than mass murder at Fort Hood.
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Loss of diversity, says General Casey, would be worse than jihad murder: "Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse."
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General Casey told me on This Week that he’s worried that diversity could become another victim of Thursday’s mass killing at Ft. Hood. The incident was not the first case of fratricide by a Muslim and when I asked how the military plans to deal with this potential problem in its ranks, Casey said, “Speculation could potentially heighten backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers and what happened at Fort Hood was a tragedy, but I believe it would be an even greater tragedy if our diversity becomes a casualty here. It’s not just about Muslims, we have a very diverse army, we have very diverse society and that gives us all strength. But again we need to be very careful about that.”
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“As horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse,” Casey said in his interview.
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It is extremely ironic to find that a political REMF general like George Junior is the son of Major General George Casey Senior, who fought heroically in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, was loved by his troops, and was believed to be destined to become Chief of Staff of the Army until his life was cut short by a helicopter crash in Vietnam. At the time of his death he was commanding the 1st Cavalry Division, today based at Fort Hood, whose members were the targets of the jihadi terrorist. General Casey was the highest ranking American killed in Vietnam.
George William Casey
Major General (See Note below)
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Allston, Massachusetts
Date of birth: Thursday, 03/09/1922
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army (Regular)
Grade at loss: O7
Rank: Major General (See Note below)
ID No: 028120812
MOS: 0002 General Officer
LenSvc: Not recorded
Unit: COMMANDING GENERAL, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Note: O7 at loss. Posthumous Promotion as indicated
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Wednesday, 07/30/1969
Change Status: Tuesday, 07/07/1970
Missing to Died while Missing
Age at Loss: 48
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Tuyen Duc, South Vietnam
Type: Non-hostile, died while missing
Reason: Air loss or crash over land - Helicopter - Pilot
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What would General Casey (the Warrior) think of junior?