Friday, December 02, 2005

JCS Challenges Military Leaders

To fight this War on Terror, we need military and civilian leaders who think "out of the box" Says JCS General Peter Pace:

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today challenged military and civilian leaders being groomed for top leadership posts in the future to think outside the box in coming up with ideas to confront terrorism.
Speaking today at the National Defense University at Fort McNair here, Marine Gen. Peter Pace asked each student to read the 35-page "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq." The report, released by the White House on Nov. 30, defines the U.S. plan for success in Operation Iraqi Freedom.


Here are some thoughts he gives to consider:

He urged them to consider the best ways to:
Fight an enemy inside countries with whom the United States is not at war;
Promote interagency cooperation to bring it on par with joint operations within the military fostered over the past 20 years; and
Build coalitions and remove barriers to their effectiveness and efficiency.