A Message from Mattis
 

A Message From Mattis

12:27 PM, APR 18, 2015 | By WILLIAM KRISTOL


http://www.weeklystandard.com/a-mess...article/923317

A class act and possibly the last of the great warriors.

The full speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSjEc-aM8Dg

Pat

No truer words have been spoken!

Semper Fi, General!

Good post. Good words.

I don't know what process the Marines use to select their General Officers, and I am sure they have their duds as well, but I wish the Army did half the job in selecting their leadership that the Corps does.

I have frequently seen Marine GOs that I would gladly serve with, and rarely seen the Army General Officers that could compare physically, intellectually, and morally.

Furthermore, most of the Marine Generals seem better educated on a wider variety of subjects.

I guess the Army selection model is based more on politics.

TR

In re-reading this today I was struck by his extremely frugal use of the personal pronoun 'I'. Most of us know that, even when never actually meeting the person, the impact (or not) of the most senior leadership gets transmitted & its impact felt down to the squad member. I'd like to see such character & learnedness in varied disciplines in a position like the SECDEF. Now that would ripple.