By the way, besides the Pace appointment, did anyone notice who was named as Vice Chairman? Three things of note:
1. Adm. Giambastiani succeeds Gen. Pace, who succeeded Gen. Myers. What are Adm. Giambastiani's chances of becoming CJCS himself in a few years?
2. The admiral succeeds a Marine general, whose immediate predecessors were two USAF generals. Before them were two admirals and before them another Air Force general. That takes you back to Goldwater-Nichols. There has never been an Army officer as Vice Chairman, although during most of that period there was an Army officer as Chairman. With Myers' elevation, the Army was frozen out. With Pace's and Giambastiani's elevations, the Army continues to be frozen out.
3. Before getting his fourth star and appointment as Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Adm. Giambastiani was military assistant to Donald Rumsfeld. Giambastiani's successor was Bantz Craddock, whose rapid advance I mentioned above. That is probably good news for
Vice Admiral James G. Stavridis, Craddock's successor as Rumsfeld's assistant.
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