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The Birddog (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... homers who read the original policy. Now, even those people will have a hard time spinning this: David Chu, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, sent the memo to the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force on April 30 — three days after Campbell was drafted and Army's program became national news. The subject of the two-paragraph memo is “Policy for Academy and...
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... encouraged its drillmasters to do less shouting because, according to Under Secretary of Defence David Chu, today's generation of recruits respond better to instructors who play ‘a more counseling-type role.’ On the battlefield, meanwhile, military success in counterinsurgencies, the prevalent type of warfare, requires soldiers to win hearts and minds, not just break bodies.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has, since 2001, cremated some of the remains of U.S. service members killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in a Delaware facility that also cremates pets, a practice that ended Friday when the Pentagon banned the arrangement.The facility, in an industrial park near Dover Air Force Base, has cremated about 200 service members, manager David Bose said Friday...
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Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... be closely coordinating his efforts with the Army staff. Furthermore, Secretary Gates has directed David Chu, the undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, to conduct a comprehensive review of existing DoD policies and practices governing the cremation and handling of remains of U.S. service members. The Department will, of course, keep the Congress fully informed of the progress...
