Richard B. Myers

Maj. Gen. Karl R. Horst, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region, Military District of Washington commander, along with Miss Virginia 2010 Caitlin Uze, Elaine B. Rogers, president of the USO Metropolitan Washington area, Richard Lombardo, president and CEO of Harkins Builders and John Marselle, USO Metro-polytan Board chairman, cut the ribbon during the ceremony for the new Honor Guard Lounge located in the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Community Center.

Soldiers from the 114th Infantry Regiment, The New Jersey National Guard, conduct realistic training in preparation for their training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center! The National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers are always ready to answer our Nation’s call!

Security Forces Airmen hosted a close-quarters combat training exercise at Yokota Air Base with 陸上自衛隊 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force & Japan Air Self-Defense Force Operations security forces. These exercises help strengthen combined operations between U.S. and Japan forces.

General Myers joined the Air Force in 1965 through the ROTC program at Kansas State University. He entered pilot training in June 1965 at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. A command pilot, he has more than 4,100 flying hours, primarily in the F-4, F-15 and F-16, including 600 combat hours in the F-4.

The general has commanded at all levels and served in significant staff positions throughout the Air Force. His largest commands included U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force at Yokota Air Base, Japan; Pacific Air Forces at Hickam AFB, Hawaii; and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Space Command and Air Force Space Command at Peterson AFB, Colo.

Time and again, the world has found that propping up failing states is compelling in the short term and potentially disastrous in the long term.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at The Pentagon.

Myers became the chairman of the Joint Chiefs on October 1, 2001. In this capacity, he served as the principal military advisor to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council during the earliest stages of the War on Terror, including planning and ex*****on of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. On September 30, 2005, he retired and was succeeded by General Peter Pace. His Air Force career included operational command and leadership positions in a variety of Air Force and Joint assignments.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers speaks during the Sept. 11 Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon. More than 13,000 people attended the service to remember those who lost their lives one year ago when terrorists crashed a commercial airliner into the Pentagon.

General Richard B. Myers Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited Haiti.

This building houses the Departments of Military Science and Aerospace Studies, with classrooms, a shooting gallery, and Army and Air Force administrative offices.

U.S. General Richard Myers, Chairman of Joint chiefs of staff (center) speaks at a news briefing at the Bagram airbase north of Kabul Afghanistan December 18, 2003. Myers said on Thursday al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden would definitely be captured one day, just like Saddam Hussein. Behind him is a A10 Warthog.

Thanks to an early morning trip on a pair of Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, a team of Airmen and Soldiers transported more than 500 pounds of supplies to a group of young Iraqis in Baghdad.
Supported by the 732nd Air Expeditionary Group religious support team, volunteers with a group called "Kids of Iraq" recently brought toys, clothes and school supplies to a Baghdad orphanage.
"Kids of Iraq was started by an Airman who had seen an area we could improve," said 1st Lt. Lawrence Hufford, 5th Civil Engineer Squadron. "We are improving the relationships between the American military and the Iraqis."
Formed in 2008, Kids of Iraq is the first organization of its kind. The intent of the group is gathering and distributing much needed items to underprivileged and orphaned children in Iraq.
Hufford, who is currently deployed with the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, explained there are several Kids of Iraq organizations throughout Iraq, including one at Joint Base Ballad. The groups are made up of deployed servicemembers and civilians volunteering their free time to help with the growing inventory, and are facilitated by military chaplains.

On a recent trip, servicemembers with both the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing and the Army's 3rd Expeditionary Support Command, ventured out early, leaving JBB en route to Washington Landing Zone in the IZ. With bags full of things like dolls, pens and backpacks, they crammed into the passenger compartment of a Blackhawk for the flight.
Once in Baghdad the servicemembers waited in a parking lot as a truck filled with children arrived. The girls and boys watched the men and women in uniform with careful reserve. No expressions showed on their little faces as they approached. But as the first toy, a small doll was presented, a girl's smile appeared. The children's defenses dropped and their faces changed to picture-perfect happy.
The 3rd ESC was represented by Army Sgt. Maj. Chris Mackey, support operations Sergeant Major who is deployed from Fort Knox, Ky., and Sgt. 1st Class Robert Correa, petroleum operations sergeant from Tucson, Ariz.
"I was able to see the whole process from the beginning all the way to the finish," said Correa from New York City. "We got to see and come into contact with the kids, and see their reactions."

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (b/w), Illustration by Chet Designee

In August 2001, a year after assuming the role of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, President George W. Bush appointed Myers to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Myers was the first Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to be appointed chairman, since the role was established in 1987 after the enactment of Goldwater–Nichols Act of 1986.