General Fired!

[TheStripey1]

GREAT NEWS!!!

CNN
Army fires commander of Walter Reed hospital

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The top general at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was fired Thursday, the military announced, following revelations of poor conditions in the building where troops who were wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq are treated.

Maj. Gen. George Weightman's firing was the first major military staff change after reports surfaced last month about substandard conditions in a building that is part of the facility.

Army Secretary Francis Harvey, who removed Weightman from his post according to an Army statement, had blamed a failure of leadership for the conditions, which were first reported by The Washington Post.

According to the Army statement, "Maj. Gen. Weightman was informed this morning that the senior Army leadership had lost trust and confidence in the commander's leadership abilities to address needed solutions for soldier-outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center."

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Now I hope he gets demoted and sent to Iraq... or Afghanistan...

[5stringJeff]

GREAT NEWS!!!



Now I hope he gets demoted and sent to Iraq... or Afghanistan...

If he's incompetent enough to get relieved by the Secretary of the Army, why should he be sent into theater to screw things up there, too?

BTW, I agree - it's good that the SecArmy had enough sack to sack this general.

[darin]

Now I hope he gets demoted and sent to Iraq... or Afghanistan...

That doesn't even make sense. lol!

[avatar4321]

That doesn't even make sense. lol!

Sure it does.

Stripes wants incompetant generals in the field

[TheStripey1]

If he's incompetent enough to get relieved by the Secretary of the Army, why should he be sent into theater to screw things up there, too?

laffs... that's a good point... I wouldn't put him in charge of anything... except maybe cleaning the latrines...

[TheStripey1]

That doesn't even make sense. lol!

why?

[TheStripey1]

Sure it does.

Stripes wants incompetant generals in the field

I doubt that the general has been to Iraq... let him see what the troops had to go through before being subjected to the conditions in the facilities he was in charge of...

but... considering how bush rewards those in his administration that screw up, he'll probably get a promotion...

"you're doin a heckofa job, brownie..."

[Gadget (fmr Marine)]

Pessimistic as ever, huh?

Glad the general got fired, too....and I think they just ought to put him out to pasture.....thanks for your service, now go home.

[TheStripey1]

Pessimistic as ever, huh?

Glad the general got fired, too....and I think they just ought to put him out to pasture.....thanks for your service, now go home.

yep... and there sure as hell hasn't been anything to change that pessimism into optimism...

it keeps growing...

he deserves more than the pasture... that's too easy...

[glockmail]

Sure it does.

Stripes wants incompetant generals in the field

Stripey's in the same camp as other liberals- thinks our soldiers are idiots.

[TheStripey1]

Stripey's in the same camp as other liberals- thinks our soldiers are idiots.

shove it dirtbag... I was in the military... were you?

but no, the soldiers aren't idiots, their commanders are... right up to the CIC...i.e., chimp in chief...

but what do you expect? the CIC is now listening to Henry Kissinger... and you know what he said about the military don't you?

"Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy."
~~ Henry Kissinger

looks like bush took that advice to heart...

[avatar4321]

I doubt that the general has been to Iraq... let him see what the troops had to go through before being subjected to the conditions in the facilities he was in charge of...

but... considering how bush rewards those in his administration that screw up, he'll probably get a promotion...

"you're doin a heckofa job, brownie..."

Dude, chill. I was joking around. Hence the smiley face.

However, you have things backwards. Democrats are the ones that reward failure.

[Sitarro]

Pessimistic as ever, huh?

Glad the general got fired, too....and I think they just ought to put him out to pasture.....thanks for your service, now go home.

I'm sure he will have a great new career as a consulting General on CNN or a Presidential candidate for the Dimocrats.

[TheStripey1]

here's another quote from the above article...

The Post report centered on Building 18. Last week, workers were repairing plumbing, covering holes in ceilings and repainting mold-covered walls in the building.

How long do you think it will take for the mold to come back through those freshly painted walls?

[CSM]

Was there any former military on this board that did not see that coming??? Once the enlisted get canned and sent elsewhere; the chain of command is about to get spanked ... hard!

I have been to Walter Reed often and, like many others, raised hell about conditions and treatment...to no avail. The problem is it is not just this guy who should be held responsible...his predecessor was an pompous ass too.

Anecdotal but relevant: I knew a soldier there suffereing severe PTSD (he was responsible for bagging and tagging US KIA). The "doctor" told his mother that he would be fine if she took him to Vegas and got him laid!!! Me and the doctor had a heart to heart (after talking to his superiors). Fortunately, the soldier found help elsewhere within the system. Nothing happened to the idiot "doctor", though he should have been flogged (in my opinion).