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To be the supreme allied commander and it was an accident of timing with this decision. So i was the accidental admiral. Host that the navy was an accident as well as a career . Somewhat. Going way back i grew up in the marine corps family. My father was the fighting in korea and vietnam and i grew up in that environment and i went to Quantico High School and then went on to the Naval Academy thinking i would be a marine corps officer. After my first year the navy sends everybody out on a cruise and you go out on a ship beautiful cruiser on san diego it was late in the day the sun was setting ...

Admiral why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral . [laughter] what a great question. You can choose to hear a particular course you will lose ultimately in a different direction. And then to be in charge of all activity and with the commander of us Pacific Command position for senior admiral. My boss, a wonderful boss, secretary gates called to say forget about the pacific we will send you to nato i bk the first and only admiral to be the supreme allied commander and it was an accidenthe. That the navy was an accident as a career . Soet somewhat. That my father had kernel of mari...

Accidental admiral . Guest what a great question at a certain level all of our lives, you can choose to steer a particular course but the sea will come, the wind will come and you will go in a different direction. It comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral just finishing up at us Southern Command in charge of all military activities south of the United States and i was very hopeful in going to the pacific as commander of us Pacific Command which is a senior position, robert gates, called me up and said forget about the specific we are going to send you to nato so i beca...

Pilots in the air force. He spoke about military readiness and modernization earlier this month at the h heritage foundation. Its about 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome, and it is a pleasure to see all of these smiling, handsome faces out here at heritage. And i am going to take a moment to introduce a man who actually needs no introduction. Ive known general goldfein for 25 years. We went to Fighter Weapon School together. Actually, it was 25 years ago this month. We were in the throes of, im sure, the second phase of training. And having the time of our lives. General goldfein has f...

Hours after ukrainian president s Petro Poroshenko accused russia direct and open aggression, authorities lost control of the luhansk airport. One month after Vladimir Putin called for talks on statehood for Eastern Ukraine. Al jazeera am peter sharp has more from southEastern Ukraine. 30 kilometers to the west is russia. This is russias second huge humanitarian convey, destination donetsk. The drivers of this military base tell us the drivers have yet to be cleared by the International Red cross but that didnt stop the first convoy pushing across the frontier and wont stop this either. Kiev s...