March 29, 2012 — Throughout this senior enlisted panel discussion we’ve heard the word fitness. For a lot of us, fitness is commonly misunderstood. When we say fitness, don’t we tend to directly associate it with one’s level of physical fitness? Again, not to worry, it is a common misunderstanding; as a military profession that’s how we have traditionally defined
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March 17, 2012 — CHARLIE ROSE: General Martin Dempsey is here. He is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He succeeded Admiral Mike Mullen in October 2011. General Dempsey serves as the president’s principal military adviser. He’s a key voice on the U.S. mission in the Middle East and the impending drawdown in Afghanistan, though our effort has been set back in
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March 16, 2012 — Dr. Maer, SGM Dolasky, CSM Faris, commanders, senior enlisted, ladies and gentlemen, and most importantly, academy graduates. Good morning and thank you for allowing me the opportunity to join you at your graduating ceremony. Before we get into it, I think it’s only fitting to take a short moment and acknowledge all the folks responsible notably
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March 09, 2012 — GENERAL MARTIN DEMPSEY: (In progress) – town hall meeting right here. It’s pretty nice. Hope I’m not holding you all up from surfing lessons or hula lessons. I’m a little late, because we just changed command from Admiral Bob Willard to Admiral Sam Locklear as the commanding admiral now of Pacific Command. So you now have a new chain of command.
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