US Army - Obama Presidency Oral History Back US Army Index / Organizations Transcripts William Taylor ...and combat company commander in the US Army in Vietnam and Germany. He late... Michael Mullen ...It didn't have the kind of impact that the Army and the Marines had. But it was a ver... ...is, notionally, two brigades of the Army —the Army is also talking about all th... ...notionally, two brigades of the Army— the Army is also talking about all the suppor... Mark Lippert ...out, or the shutdown ended and we got the Army to play its football game. But ther... Colin Kahl ...prove to be very effective. The US Army had its own system called the Phalan... Stephen Kroft ...and his career as a journalist began in the Army , into which he was drafted afte... ...my best alternative was to enlist in the Army and to try and get into some field tha... ...specialist. Then, when I went into the Army , it was with the Twenty-Fifth Infantr... Martin Dempsey ...he was appointed chief of staff of the Army . These appointments came at the end o... ...decorated forty-one-year career in the US Army . A 1974 graduate of West Point... ...postings include commanding general, US Army Training and Doctrine Command, fro... ...thinking about the future of the US Army and its preparation. So I wanted t... ...actually—and I'm talking about the Army , but the other services had the sam... ...understood to be the chief of staff of the Army . Right. And some of thos... ...all that, the sitting chief of staff in the Army , George Casey, flew down to For... ...Secretary McHugh, who was secretary of the Army , intended to nominate me as the chie... ...to nominate me as the chief of staff of the Army , his replacement—to Secretary Gates... ...me was, he didn't ask me a thing about the Army . It was, “What do you think about th... ...about being the chief of staff for the Army .” And Mike just shrugged it off an... ...I take the job as chief of staff to the Army on April eleventh, I recall. And on th... ...was going to say, “I want you to shrink the Army by fifty thousand,” or something. H... ...it's a hard—being the chief of staff to the Army , you—think about it this way, Evan... ...this way, Evan. Being chief of staff in the Army , you grow something. They give you ... ...ball game than chief of staff of the Army . How did you go about preparing fo... ...not just the chairman—it wasn't just the Army —this was a real Joint Chiefs thing... ...you said—you were just talking about the Army —but that there had been so man... ...but I was the chief of staff of the Army . Then, the implementation of i... ...law by Harry Truman in '49. I came in the Army in '70 at West Point, commissioned i... ...go to a military academy or serve in the Army ?” And I said, “Well, as it turns out... ...Forest ROTC, and they both served in the Army . My youngest deployed both to Iraq an... ...he was appointed chief of staff of the Army . These appointments came at the end o... ...decorated forty-one-year career in the US Army , which we detailed a bit in our las... Show more... William McRaven ...Operations Forces capabilities. So the Army Green Berets, they are great wit... ...with host nations. You've got the Army Rangers, which are an elite ligh... ...a service, like the chief of staff of the Army , the Navy, the Air Force, and th... ...thousand men and women—relative to the Army , which was 550,000. So I could d... ...Air Force, with the chief of staff of the Army , with the chief of Naval Operations... Jeremy Bash ...and you think about the history of the Army General [John J.] Pershing, and th... ...techniques that went beyond the Army Field Manual, which—Army Field Manua... ...to help at DOD. You served in the Army . You've been the steward of thi... ...of all the services, the Air Force, the Army , the Navy, and the Marine Corps, an... ...secretaries, too, from the secretary of the Army , the secretary of the Navy, th... Samuel Locklear ...repeated not just in the Navy but in the Army , in the Marine Corps, and in the Ai... ...believe that when a PACOM commander or US Army Pacific or one of the four-stars wen... ...by Missile Defense Command, the Navy, the Army ? Pick someone that has to go fun... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Education Education go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Black Politics Black Politics