Shinseki: Help Army Attract More Leaders.Don't take the quality of the young men and women who serve in the armed services The Constitution authorizes Congress to raise, support, and regulate armed services for the national defense. The President of the United States is commander in chief of all the branches of the services and has ultimate control over most military matters. for granted, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinseki urged the nation. "Every day in the Army, we do two things," he told a recent luncheon of the Washington Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA NDIA National Defense Industrial Association NDIA New Doha International Airport (Qatar) ). "We train soldiers, and we grow them into leaders. All of our missions are subordinate to that imperative." The Army "must improve our leader development programs and declare war on the [service's] operating pace, Shinseki said. "It's our duty to develop soldiers and leaders who have the skills necessary to succeed today and in the future. Shinseki urged NDIA--and the defense industry, in general--to "help us attract more young Americans." He added: "Tell them we are about leadership and that we offer opportunity." Backing up his words with action, Shinseki paused at the luncheon to present scholarship awards to university students participating in Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs in the Washington, D.C., area. The scholarships were sponsored by NDIA's Washington Chapter, in recognition of "outstanding performance" in ROTC activities. Recipients--and the size of their awards--included: * Cadet Richard L. Berry, Georgetown University Georgetown University, in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.; Jesuit; coeducational; founded 1789 by John Carroll, chartered 1815, inc. 1844. Its law and medical schools are noteworthy, and its archives are especially rich in letters and manuscripts by and Army ROTC, $2,000. * Cadet Stephen T. Vide, University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
* Cadet Vida H.B. Klott, Howard University Air Force ROTC, $2,000. * Marine Staff Sgt. Queta L. Marquez, George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. Naval ROTC, $2,000. * Cadet Matthew C. Miller, George Mason University Named after American revolutionary, patriot and founding father George Mason, the university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972. Army ROTC, $2,000. * Cadet Scott Mowery, George Washington University Naval ROTC, $1,000. * Cadet Erica J. Tye, George Mason University Army ROTC, $1,000. |
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