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The Army Grapples with Modernization and COVID-19: A Conversation with Jim McPherson
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The Army Grapples with Modernization and COVID-19: A Conversation with Jim McPherson
FromWar on the Rocks
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Aug 4, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Undersecretary of the Army James E. McPherson chats with Ryan about how the Army is coping with COVID-19 — starting with the recruitment pipeline — and the challenges of modernization. He also tells us about his military journey: Jim started as a young man in the Army then later joined the Navy, and he retired as judge advocate general of that service. In the last few years, he was called back into public service as a civilian as Army general counsel. In March he was confirmed as and promoted to undersecretary of the Army. He then served briefly as acting secretary of the Navy. Listen to this episode and learn, among other things, why he thought a request to speak to Secretary of Defense James Mattis was a prank and why his first CO in the Navy (a certain John Allen Williams) left a plant in his bed.
Released:
Aug 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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