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- As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he advised the president and Congress and helped shape the country’s military planning. As Army chief of staff, he oversaw the withdrawal from Iraq and the continuing conflict in Afghanistan, and he addressed other issues facing the military, including suicide and sexual assault.
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Raymond Thomas Odierno / oʊ d i ˈ ɛər n oʊ / (8 September 1954 – 8 October 2021) was an American military officer who served as a four-star general of the United States Army and as the 38th chief of staff of the Army.
Oct 10, 2021 · Odierno, the former Army chief of staff, died Oct. 8 of cancer, according to a family statement released through an Army spokesman. He was 67. President Joe Biden wrote that America lost a...
- The Colbert Show in Iraq. In June 2009, Stephen Colbert brought his political satire show to the troops in Iraq and Odierno, then commander of Multi-National Force-Iraq, was invited to speak about the security situation.
- The Duncan Hunter smackdown. On April 25, 2014, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California’s 50th district suggested that Odierno needed assistance to improve the Army’s intelligence collection system.
- Testimony on budget cuts. In a 2013 Senate Armed Services hearing, Odierno spoke passionately in support of maintaining the current budget of the Army.
- Veterans Day on Letterman Tonight. In 2013, David Letterman hosted Odierno on Veterans Day and asked him to speak on a variety of topics including his son’s service in the Army, the traditions of Veterans Day, and what civilians can do to support veterans on their return home from war.
Oct 9, 2021 · Raymond Odierno, a four-star Army general who was a key architect of the “surge” in U.S. forces during the Iraq War that was credited with reducing violence and increasing stability in the...
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GEN Odierno served as a brigade executive officer in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, com-manded the 4th Infantry Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and served as the commanding general, Multi-National Corps-Iraq (III Corps) for the surge of forces in Iraq.
Oct 12, 2021 · In November 2006, Ray was the commander of III Corps at Fort Hood and preparing to deploy to Iraq as the commander of the Multi-National Corps in Iraq (the second most senior military position in the country). Before he went to Baghdad, he came to see me in the Pentagon.
Mar 25, 2014 · After his first assignment with U.S. Army Europe, General Odierno was assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery at Fort Bragg, N.C., where he commanded two batteries and served as a battalion operations officer.
