Joint Chiefs Chairman Visits Army Posts

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Oct 25, 2007
BY Keith Pannell
FORT SILL, Okla. (Army News Service, Oct. 25, 2007) -- The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael G. Mullen, visited Fort Sill Oct. 23 as part of a two-day trip in which he also made stops at forts Leavenworth and Riley, Kan.

During his stop at Fort Sill, Mullen met with Maj. Gen. Peter Vangjel, U.S. Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill commanding general, and spoke with officers in the Captain's Career Course. He asked for frank and honest questions about concerns of the Soldiers.

The Army recently started giving captains a retention bonus to keep them from leaving the service.

"I think it's great," said Capt. Jeremy Conner, career course student about the admiral's visit.
"It shows that he actually wants to see what's going on and what we think about everything that's going on with the military."

Adm. Mullen was appointed as chairman only three weeks ago and has made trips to Iraq and Afghanistan, but the quick trip to southwest Oklahoma is his first trip as chairman to Army posts within the United States.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Visits Army Posts

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It's a first - a bonus directed at keeping O-3's?!?