A Lifetime of Service

Dempsey's Marshall Medal Highlights Legacy of Leadership Retired Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff'and37th Army chief ofstaff, was selected by the Council of Trustees of the Association of the U.S. Army as the 2019 recipient of the George Catlett Marsha...

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Published inArmy Vol. 69; no. 10; pp. 44 - 48
Main Author Dempsey, Martin E
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington Association of the US Army 01.10.2019
Subjects
Armed forces
Army
Careers
Dwell time
Leadership
Military history
Military personnel
Military training
National security
Persian Gulf War
Politics
Racism
Responsibilities
Training
United States > US
Iraq
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Summary:Dempsey's Marshall Medal Highlights Legacy of Leadership Retired Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff'and37th Army chief ofstaff, was selected by the Council of Trustees of the Association of the U.S. Army as the 2019 recipient of the George Catlett Marshall Medal for sustained commitment to the men and women ofAmerica's armed forces. Since retiring, Dempsey has been a devoted supporter of service members, veterans and their families, and Gold Star families. Ours was a different Army then, an Army in transition from a conscript force to an all-volunteer force, an Army in transition from training and equipping for low-intensity conflict in Vietnam to training and equipping for high-intensity conflict on the plains of Central Europe, an Army that, as it transitioned, would soon have more married soldiers than single soldiers, and an Army that shared many of the general population's problems, including, at that time, drug use and racism. "If someone had told me in 2003 that 12 years later we would still be deploying the all-volunteer force at [boots on the ground to dwell time] intervals less than 1:2, I would have said they were out of their mind," I told a senator on the Senate Armed Services Committee during a 2015 hearing.
ISSN:0004-2455