Lieutenant General Bromberg
This Man Has Just Been Given The Toughest Job In The US Army -- Business Insider
It looks like this is the man who will have a great hand in what the U.S. Army — a leading force in the world's military standings — will become over the coming years.
That's huge.
President Obama has just appointed Lieutenant General Howard Bromberg to a position overseeing the recruiting, retaining, sustaining, and dismissing, of the entire Army's work force.
Why is this so important?
As military micro-blogger Doctrine Man points out, Lieutenant General Bromberg "is about to take on one of the toughest jobs in the Army — the drawdown."
It's one of the biggest issues confronting the U.S. military today.
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