Update: “Command Sgt. Maj. Burgoyne is a tough leader who cares about every soldier in his formation. I have faith in his leadership, and I know his soldiers are his top priority,”
Full Release: Update: III Corps Command Sgt. Maj. Reinstated Following #USArmy Forces Command Investigation U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Pat White, commanding general of III Corps, is reinstating Command Sgt. Maj. Arthur “Cliff” Burgoyne III following an investigation into allegedly using unprofessional language toward subordinates in December 2020. U.S. Army Forces Command concluded the investigation today, Jan. 22, 2021, which determined that Command Sgt. Maj. Burgoyne’s language was not unprofessional and he did not exhibit counterproductive leadership. “Putting #PeopleFirst includes holding our leaders to a high standard,” said Gen. Michael X. Garrett, commanding general of FORSCOM. “Command Sgt. Maj. Burgoyne is a tough leader who cares about every Soldier in his formation. I have faith
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By LTC Craig Roberts, USAR, Ret.
Nov 2013 Soldier of Fortune
In the early morning hours of January 31st, 1968, Communist forces across South Vietnam began an offensive that would later become known as the “Tet Offensive.” For months the attacks against American and South Vietnamese bases had been planned and organized. The North Vietnamese generals, led by Minister of Defense Vo Nguyen Giap, had planned the attack to coincide with Vietnam’s Lunar New Year, a holiday season where many of the South Vietnamese troops would be home on leave, or at least not on duty at their various bases.
The plan was bold. For the Saigon attacks Giap formulated a coordinated attack with missions to seize and neutralize key command and control centers, armor and artillery depots at Go Vap, take over the Cholon sector of Saigon, neutralize Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, and at the same time destroy the Newport Bridge that linked Saigon to L