Talk:Ricardo Sanchez

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I served with Sanchez in Germany, during the late 1980s. I was a platoon leader in 3-8 Cavalry, Second Brigade, Third Armored Division. He was a major when I was a lieutenant. That may sound like a huge difference in rank but really, he was only an O-4 when I was an O-2, so it wasn't a huge difference. Regardless, I had almost daily interaction with Sanchez. Later, when I was on staff, I saw much more of him than I really wanted to see. Sanchez was not well liked. He had a reputation for unethical conduct. He was perceived as being a ruthless careerist who would do anything to get ahead. If you stood in his way, he could be quite abusive. He had his followers but in general, most officers, even ones of his own rank, didn't think much of him personally. When I found out that he was selected as the ground forces commander in Iraq, I remember telling anyone that I talked to “just wait for a war crime to be committed and that it would somehow involve Sanchez.” Unfortunately, I was right. -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Klackenfus (talk • contribs). 10:47, 2006 June 5

Interesting. Consistent with his attempts to get Janis Karpinksi and Carolyn Wood to take the heat for him. -- Geo Swan 18:32, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "full bird coronel"

under Army Career, second paragraph. Correcting this to read "colonel"; "full bird" is Army slang (since a "full colonel", vice a lieutenant colonel, has an eagle as a rank distinction). Neither "bird colonel" (even correctly spelled) or "full colonel" are proper technical usage.