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To: GST who wrote (153446)	2/22/2003 10:26:58 AM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164687

...and the generals aren't there to play colonel, the colonels major, the majors lieutenant, the lieutenants sergeant, etc; but the chain of command is NEVER broken without the severest penalty. You can try and spin this any way you want. The fact remains that the Secretary has the ultimate operational authority and responsibility in the Department of Defense, and grumbles or not his orders are obeyed. In the United States the military is always headed by civilians. There has never been a general officer appointed Secretary. It's against the law.