Russel Honore
Russel Honore
Russel L. Honoréis a retired Lieutenant General who served as the 33rd commanding general of the U.S. First Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia. He is best known for serving as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina-affected areas across the Gulf Coast and as the 2nd Infantry Division's commander while stationed in South Korea. He served until his retirement from the Army on January 11, 2008. Honoré is sometimes known as "The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
CountryUnited States of America
The big thing now is the focus on keeping the cattle alive.
I think it's going to be a lower number, much lower than the 10,000. A heck of a lot lower than that.
Go on the streets of New Orleans ? it's secure. Have you been to New Orleans? Did anybody accost you?
Leadership is working with goals and vision management is working with objectives.
In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.
If I'm a leader, I have a mission.
Superstorm Sandy inflicted havoc and heartache throughout the Northeast, hitting the Big Apple and its surrounding coastal towns hard.
You cannot depend on a sandbag dike to save your life. You put it up to try to save your property.
The National Guard has served America as both a wartime force and the first military responders in times of domestic crisis. Hundreds of times each year, the nation's governors call upon their Guard troops to respond to fires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans.
They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival.
You were born free by accident. You live free by choice. To die free is your responsibility.
We got the capacity, and it seemed like the right thing to do.
We didn't want another Kent State. They weren't trained for crowd control.