Changes At The Top Of The U.S. Military Are Expected Soon

Marine Corps General James Cartwright (R), vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during a joint news briefing with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at the Pentagon in Washington September 17, 2009. (Photo: REUTERS / Yuri Gripas)

Major Shake-Up Coming Soon For Top Military Officers -- Stars And Stripes

WASHINGTON — Within weeks, roughly a dozen of the U.S. military’s most popular and highest-ranking officers will begin rotating out of some of the highest-profile jobs in the armed forces.

Those due for change this year include the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the vice chairman, several service chiefs, NATO’s supreme allied commander Europe and other combatant commanders, as well as the Afghanistan War’s commanding general and his top two deputies.

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My Comment: We now know that General Petraeus will be the next CIA Director .... as to who will be his replacement in Afghanistan .... that is still unknown as well as the other positions in the U.S. military hierarchy. But the shake-up is coming soon .... and probably sooner rather than later.