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General Ray Odierno, former CSA, dies aged 67

by Mason••16

Word came in that General Ray Odierno passed away yesterday from cancer at age 67. Odierno served as the 38th Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 2011 to 2015. He succeeded General Dempsey (when he was elevated to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs) and was in turn succeeded by General Milley. At the end of his term, Odierno retired after 37 years of service.

He began his Army career at West Point, being commissioned into the field artillery. He served multiple tours in Europe, was in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He was commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division when they deployed to Iraq for a yearlong deployment in the early days of the Iraq war. He’d then command multi-national forces in the country as the decade continued. Altogether he spent 50 months in Iraq during his career.

Odierno is survived by his wife and high school sweetheart Linda, three children (including CPT Tony Odierno, an Army combat veteran), and four grandchildren.

Source; AUSA

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16 thoughts on “General Ray Odierno, former CSA, dies aged 67”

  5. Too soon. RIP, sir. Condolences to your family and gratitude that they shared you with us for a while.

  7. President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight says:

    How long ago did he get The Jab(s)?
    RIP, sir.

  9. RIP Sir – served multiple tours-spent 50 months in Iraq during his career-Son, CPT Tony Odierno and four grandchildren-quite a life and entirely earned his eternal rest.
    *Slow Salute*

    1. Anthony Odierno lost his arm in Iraq- which puts the incident where Congress tried to imply that CSA GEN Odierno didn’t care about Soldiers in an interesting light (video on YouTube somewhere)

  11. Godspeed and Fare Well Good Sir. A Gun Bunny of gun bunnies. Re-assigned to that best fire base on the Highest Ground.

  12. RIP. We briefed him a couple of times in Baghdad. He was replaced by Austin—a bit of a change.

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