Obama moves to elevate status of Army in Pacific

11:01 am | Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

US President Barack Obama. AP FILE PHOTO

HONOLULU—The Obama administration is moving to elevate the status of the general who leads soldiers in the Pacific to four stars.

US Army Pacific has been led by a three-star general for years.

The Pentagon said Monday that President Barack Obama is nominating Third Army commander Lieutenant General Vincent Brooks to become the new Army Pacific commander and for a promotion to four stars.

Putting a four-star general in charge of US soldiers in the Pacific would put the Army on par with the Navy and Air Force in the region. Both services are led by four-star commanders in the Pacific.

Brooks currently leads soldiers in the US Central Command area.

Lieutenant General Francis Wiercinski, the current US Army Pacific commander, plans to retire after 34 years of service.

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http://profile.yahoo.com/HVYTBIHMN2QG7JYVNBQPECCYU4 Semplang

illuminati ??? xa????

opinyonlangpo

Probably. On several occasion.

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kailangan ng imperyalista yan
for land operations

versus intsik switik

kaya palayasin na imperyalista
ng hindi naman tayo mapahamak
sa mga gerra ng imperyalista

Crazy_horse101010

still giving yourself likes i thought you would be on the beach with ypur bolo fighting off the american navy lose your nerve.WATCH OUT THERES A AMERICAN APACHE COPTOR BEHIND YOU HIDE

http://joboni96.myopenid.com/ joboni96

hehehe

isang rpg lang yan ng asg

praning still

DakuAkongUtin

SO four star will make wonders ? Tell that to the most famous general Gen Petraeus ! The guy was way up there but where is he now? HE faded with the wind bec of impropriety.

Crazy_horse101010

are you still raving over stupid things when are you going to fade into wind of impropriety. drugs wearing off again
Crazy_horse101010

i see your famous generals did a great job killing tibetan men women and children. how did they do invading vietnam. i guess they are good at killing uyghurs after all they murdered 3 million of them

Crusade_r

This is news?
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“The ensewency spider went up the water-sprout, down came the rain and wash spider out…”

“the chinese commies went down the west philippines sea, down came the allied navies and wash the chinese commies out. out came the allied navies and killed all the chinese commies. so the chinese commies never went to west philippine sea again.”

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