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War & Military Turning & Generational Issues - JDG 66 - 05-10-2018
I don't see a military related thread, so I'll start one up here.
Current 4 Star generals and admirals are still overwhelmingly Boomer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers
Nakasone b. 1963 (USA: US Cyber Command)
McDrew b. 1960 (USAF)
Abrams b. 1960 (USA)
Perna b. 1960 (USA)
Richardson b. 1960 (USN: CNO)
Grady? Commissioned ROTC 1984 (USN)
Raymond? Comm. (ROTC?) 1984 (USAF)
Everhart II b. 1961 (USAF)
O'Shaughnessy b. 1964 (USAF)
Wolters b. 1961 (USAF)
Michel b. 1963 (USCG)
Giror b. 1960 (PHS)
...but there are 4 Boomers on the cusp on Xer (1960), 2 Xers on the cusp of Boomer (1961), and (probably) 5 Xers (1962 or later) out of 41 (including the US Coast Guard and Public Health Service). On 1960 cohort is Chief of Naval Operations (the oversimplify, the head of the Navy), and an Xer commands Cyber Command.
Resurrected from the old 4TF:
http://generationaldynamics.com/tftarchive/4068-S-amp-H-s-Theory-Regarding-War-amp-the-Military-00001.htm
RE: War & Military Turning & Generational Issues - JDG 66 - 05-14-2018
The Command Sergeant Major of the Army is an X'er. So was his predecessor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army
The other senior enlisted advisors seem to be X'ers as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_L._Green
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_S._Giordano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleth_O._Wright
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_M._Vanderhaden
I didn't even know this was possible:
http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2015/09/10/student-to-become-one-of-the-youngest-officers-in-marine-corps/#.WvSe7ExFzcs
RE: War & Military Turning & Generational Issues - JDG 66 - 05-17-2018
A previous iteration of the 4-star general/admiral and senior enlisted advisors' check, from 2015 (see post #57):
http://generationaldynamics.com/tftarchive/4068-S-amp-H-s-Theory-Regarding-War-amp-the-Military-00003.htm
RE: War & Military Turning & Generational Issues - JDG 66 - 03-03-2020
Generational lineup for 4-star officers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers
US Army:
Milley (CJOS): 1958
McConville (COS): 1959
Townsend: 1959
Nakasone: 1963
Clarke: 1962
Lyons: 1957???
Miller: 1963
Abrams: 1960
Martin: 1962
Garrett: 1961
Murray: 1959 or 1960?
Perna: 1960
Funk II: 1962
LaCamera: 1963
[Day?: 1965 not yet confirmed]
14, not inc. Daly (6 solid Xer; 1 Xer on the cusp)
US Navy:
Gilday (CNO): 1962
Davidson: 1960
Faller: 1961
Richard: 1959 or 1960?
Burke: 1961
Caldwell: 1959
Grady: 1961
Foggo III: 1959
Aquilino: 1962
9 (2 solid Xer; 3 Xer on the cusp).
US Air Force
Goldfein (COS AF): 1959
Hyten: 1959
Wolters: 1960
O'Shaughnessy: 1964
Lengyel: 1959
Wilson: 1959/1960
Holmes: 1957
Ray: 1962 or 1963?
Bunch: 1962
Miller: 1958 or 1959?
Brown: 1962
Harrigan: 1962
12 (4 solid Xer; 1 probable Xer)
US Marine Corps:
Berger (Commandant): 1959
McKenzie, Jr.: 1957
Thomas: 1962
3 (1 solid Xer)
US Space Force
Raymond: 1962
1 (1 solid Xer)
US Coast Guard
Schultz: 1960 or 1961?
Ray: 1958 or 1959?
2 (1 possible Xer on the cusp)
US Public Health Service:
Giroir: 1960
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RE: War & Military Turning & Generational Issues - Warren Dew - 03-03-2020
Thanks - interesting.
RE: War & Military Turning & Generational Issues - JDG 66 - 03-24-2022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers
Milley: 1958 Chairman JCOS
Grady: 1962
Townsend: 1959 (Retiring)
McKenzie, Jr: 1957??? (Retiring)
Nakasone: 1963
Wolters: 1960???
Aquilino: 1961
VanHerk: 1962
Richardson: 1963
Dickinson: 1963???
Clarke: 1962
Richard: 1959
Van Ovost: 1965
Hokanson: 1963
LaCamera: 1963
McConville: 1959 COS of the Army
Martin: 1962
Garrett: 1961
Daly: 1965
Funk II: 1962
Cavoli: 1965???
Flynn: 1963
Berger: 1959 Commandant USMC
Smith: 1965?
Gilday: 1962 CNO
Lescher: 1958
Caldwell, Jr: 1959
Caudle: 1963
Burke: 1962
Paparo, Jr: 1964
Brown, Jr: 1962 COS of the Air Force
Allvin: 1963
Kelly: 1962
Cotton: 1963?
Bunch, Jr: 1962
Minihan: 1967
Wilsbach: 1963
Harrigan: 1962
Raymond: 1962 COS Space Force
Thompson: 1963
Schultz: 1961? Commandant USCG
(https://ww.publicdatadigger.com/FL/weston/sabal-trl/105474970/Karl-Schultz)
Fagan: 1963
Levine: 1957 Assistant SEC Health (USPHS)
9 solid Boomers (1946-1959, including 2 Retiring, 1 to be replaced by Kurilla, b. 1966);
1 Boomer on the Cusp of Xer (1960);
3 X'ers on the Cusp of Boomer (1961);
30 solid Xers (1962-1981).
43 Total
In terms of roles, the guys who advise the Secretaries, shaping the "vision" thing (i.e., the Chairman JCOS (Milley) and most of the service chiefs) are still Boomers, but just barely. The commanders are X'ers, except Ricard (Strategic Command), and two guys getting ready to retire (Townsend & McKenzie).