Talk:Goldwater-Nichols Act
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just wondering how the goldwater-nichols act and lack thereof can be correlated with the Iranian hostage crisis.
This is off the top of my head, so check out Desert One. The mission failed due to a gross lacking of coordianation. The mission used extensive assets from every agency, Army SF, USAF Air Commandos & SpecOps Wing, Navy Carrier group, and Marine Aviators. Almost none of these units were able to train together, they had incomplete objective briefings, and many units lacked mission critical skills, ie SOLL-II capabilities. These planning failures directly contributed to the fatal crash that forced the mission abort.
[edit] Neutrality
The legislation was ostensibly addressing real problems and may have improved a situation with regard to chain-of-command issues, but this is a matter of point of view. The article should state the facts of the legislation and, if significant, refer to controversies about the legislation that may have arisen. The present tone is very pro-Goldwater-Nichols Act, saying basically "thank goodness for this legislation; the military is much more efficient now!" That may be your point of view, but others might see in this legislation an early volley in the Right's struggle to concentrate power in the Office of the President, so starkly obvious in the current White House. Masarra 20:23, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
- Huh? The President has always had control of the Military, this simply streamlined the command of military forces. Previously command went from the President to the JCS to each services local commander, and then to the unit commanders in the field. Now command goes from NCA to the Regional commander, then the Commander of each force component (Air Forces, Land Forces, and Navel Forces), and finally on to the unit commanders. There is little change in the position of the President in this equation. also Goldwater-Nichols received almost no opposition in either house of Congress (including the House where Democrats had firm control). PPGMD 16:37, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
