It’s going to be an interesting time watching General Schoomaker work through a plan to transform the Army. Here goes the first salvo in that “Pentagon War.”
IN ADVANCE OF Schoomaker’s swearing-in last Friday, the Army’s acting chief, Gen. John Keane who is himself retiring spoke with a list of three- and four-star generals, thanked them for their services and told them it was time to go. Sources say Keane first contacted half a dozen names, but by the end of the week the list had reportedly grown to 11 with more to come within 30 days, according to one Army source. The Army has a total of 50 three- and four-star generals. A senior Pentagon civilian called the move “housecleaning.”