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06-29-04, 07:51 AM
Issue Date: June 28, 2004
General officers in line for new stars, posts
By Christian Lowe
Times staff writer
Two Marine Corps general officers were nominated for another star and another was tapped for a new assignment, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced.
Lt. Gen. James E. Cartwright has been nominated for a fourth star. If approved by the Senate, Cartwright will become the fifth O-10 in the ranks, marking the first time the Corps has had that many four-stars on active duty, according to Marine Corps historians.
Cartwright is slated to take the helm of U.S. Strategic Command, which is responsible for U.S. nuclear forces, military space operations, missile defense and computer network security. Currently the director for force structure, resources and assessment with the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., he will succeed Adm. James O. Ellis Jr. at StratCom, based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. It is the first time a Marine has been nominated for that command.
In addition, Maj. Gen. John F. Sattler has been nominated for a third star and, on confirmation, will assume command of I Marine Expeditionary Force, succeeding Lt. Gen. James T. Conway. The Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based I MEF is leading a force of about 25,000 Marines now deployed to Iraq.
Conway, who has been at the helm of I MEF since November 2002, led the force during the major combat phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom last year, when more than 70,000 Marines deployed to the war zone.
Sattler is director for operations at U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. He led Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa for nine months before taking his post at Central Command in August 2003.
Conway, meanwhile, has been tapped to become operations director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. Conway will replace Air Force Lt. Gen. Norton Schwartz, who will be reassigned as the Joint Staff director.
The nominations of Conway and Cartwright for joint assignments would bring to six the number of Marine generals in joint billets.
The Marine Corps is limited to 80 active-duty general officers — usually divided among 40 brigadier generals, 26 major generals and 14 lieutenant and four-star generals, according to Marine officials. The Reserve is allowed 10 generals: six brigadiers and four major generals.
The breakdown changes, however, as joint billets are filled, which reduces the number of general officers available for Marine assignments, officials said.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=0-MARINEPAPER-3018726.php
Ellie
General officers in line for new stars, posts
By Christian Lowe
Times staff writer
Two Marine Corps general officers were nominated for another star and another was tapped for a new assignment, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced.
Lt. Gen. James E. Cartwright has been nominated for a fourth star. If approved by the Senate, Cartwright will become the fifth O-10 in the ranks, marking the first time the Corps has had that many four-stars on active duty, according to Marine Corps historians.
Cartwright is slated to take the helm of U.S. Strategic Command, which is responsible for U.S. nuclear forces, military space operations, missile defense and computer network security. Currently the director for force structure, resources and assessment with the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., he will succeed Adm. James O. Ellis Jr. at StratCom, based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. It is the first time a Marine has been nominated for that command.
In addition, Maj. Gen. John F. Sattler has been nominated for a third star and, on confirmation, will assume command of I Marine Expeditionary Force, succeeding Lt. Gen. James T. Conway. The Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based I MEF is leading a force of about 25,000 Marines now deployed to Iraq.
Conway, who has been at the helm of I MEF since November 2002, led the force during the major combat phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom last year, when more than 70,000 Marines deployed to the war zone.
Sattler is director for operations at U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. He led Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa for nine months before taking his post at Central Command in August 2003.
Conway, meanwhile, has been tapped to become operations director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. Conway will replace Air Force Lt. Gen. Norton Schwartz, who will be reassigned as the Joint Staff director.
The nominations of Conway and Cartwright for joint assignments would bring to six the number of Marine generals in joint billets.
The Marine Corps is limited to 80 active-duty general officers — usually divided among 40 brigadier generals, 26 major generals and 14 lieutenant and four-star generals, according to Marine officials. The Reserve is allowed 10 generals: six brigadiers and four major generals.
The breakdown changes, however, as joint billets are filled, which reduces the number of general officers available for Marine assignments, officials said.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=0-MARINEPAPER-3018726.php
Ellie