Commandant Calls Joint Staff's Process 'Frustratingly Slow'

By Christopher J. Castelli / February 15, 2006 at 5:00 AM
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael Hagee said today he is concerned the Joint Staff's force-development process is too slow, though he stopped short of seconding all of the criticism recently leveled at the process by retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper. Last month, Inside the Navy reported that Van Riper complained about the Joint Capability Integration and Development System (JCIDS) to Hagee, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, and Army Chief of Staff Gen...

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