Special Operations Legend Carl Stiner Dies At The Age Of 85

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Special Operations Legend Carl Stiner Dies At The Age Of 85
 

DAVID HOOKSTEAD
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
June 05, 2022
7:02 AM ET
 

Legendary Army general Carl Stiner has passed away at the age of 85.



The U.S. Army Special Operations Command announced this week that Stiner, who was instrumental in creating the special operations forces as we know them today, died on June 2.


The United States Special Operations Command wrote the following in part about Stiner’s historic career:


Promoted to brigadier general in 1980, he served first as the Chief of Staff, Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF), then headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and later as the Assistant Division Commander of the 82d Airborne Division. After serving on the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., as Assistant Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs, in 1984 he was promoted to Major General and appointed as Commanding General of the Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg. 

https://dailycaller.com/2022/06/05/special-operations-army-general-carl-stiner-dead-age-of-85/

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as Assistant Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs, in 1984 he was promoted to Major General and appointed as Commanding General of the Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg. 

In other words,he spent most of his life as a clerk or assistant to important people,and then assigned to head up Special Forces without ever having served on an A-Team,never mind a Special Operations Team.

This sort of thing started happening during the Clinton misadministration,and the result was "Special Forces Generals" who spent their entire careers being the aide to some important officer,and who have political contacts in DC.

This is how we got Miley.

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In other words,he spent most of his life as a clerk or assistant to important people,and then assigned to head up Special Forces without ever having served on an A-Team,never mind a Special Operations Team.

This sort of thing started happening during the Clinton misadministration,and the result was "Special Forces Generals" who spent their entire careers being the aide to some important officer,and who have political contacts in DC.

This is how we got Miley.

Well Pete I don't even know enough to not know shit about the military but it appears you assessment may well be correct. Still he served and was in Vietnam, not in the same way you and so many others were, I just don't see from the Wikipedia article how he was a Special operations legend other than planning and overseeing the guys that were actually special forces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Stiner