Quote Originally Posted by John T. Fishel View Post
My personal view is that the UCP does not serve us well when we set up a 4 star command in a theater. The theater commander is operating above the operational level and is analogous to a GCC with political as well as military responsibilities. We should, I think, treat him as if he were a GCCand make all the GCCs supporting commanders. What we call it is less important than how we do it. (emphasis added / kw)
As you know, I'm not a Goldwater Nichols fan though I do acknowledge it did some things that needed doing. Just think like many US Laws, it overdid what it was trying to do.

That said, I despaired of ever getting it changed but your suggestion placed in bold is mindbogglingy brilliant -- and doable...

We can work out how to deal with the Stormin' Normans...

Hmm. Mayhap some Specified Commands as well...