[Vision2020] Article on Clark at Ft. Irwin--From 1999

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<TD><XBODY><TT><BR><A href="http://64.4.16.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&amp;lah=8d7d80b4493e09b51b32bbde6958e894&amp;lat=1064528297&amp;hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2etahoe%2ecom%2f" target=_blank>http://www.tahoe.com</A><BR>region Wednesday, April 7, 1999 1:09 AM<BR>NATO's Wesley Clark was a rising star at Fort Irwin<BR><BR><BR>Gen. Wesley K. Clark<BR><BR>By Teya Vitu<BR><BR>BARSTOW, Calif. - Even as a one-star general in 1990, today's NATO <BR>Supreme Commander Gen. Wesley Clark carried the aura of a rising star in <BR>the Army.<BR><BR>Nine years ago, Clark commanded the National Training Center at Fort <BR>Irwin in the Mojave Desert, 300 miles southeast of Carson City. The buzz among locals in nearby Barstow, Calif., was that Clark was on the fast <BR>track to four stars.<BR><BR>No other Fort Irwin commanding general since the NTC opened in 1982 has <BR>generated such attention. Several went on to three-star rank but Clark <BR>so far is the only Fort Irwin commander to rea!
 ch the rank of full general.<BR><BR>While at Fort Irwin, Clark was among the youngest one-star generals in <BR>the Army. The local community sensed that Clark was on the way to <BR>becoming Army chief of staff.<BR><BR>Clark has yet to obtain that post but he has held high-profile positions <BR>since his Fort Irwin assignment from October 1989 to September 1991.<BR><BR>Clark went on to command the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, <BR>as a major general.<BR><BR>His promotion to lieutenant general in March 1994 took him to the Joint <BR>Chiefs of Staff as director of strategic plans and policy, called J5. He <BR>reported directly to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. John <BR>Shalikashvili.<BR><BR>The fourth star came in June 1996 and now Clark is supreme commander of <BR>the NATO forces engaged in battle in Yugoslavia.<BR><BR>Clark also played a key role the last time the United States military <BR>had a major engagement. During Operation Desert Shield/Deser!
 t Storm, <BR>Clark headed the "enemy" forces training Army troops in w
ar games at <BR>Fort Irwin.<BR><BR>The soldiers stationed at Fort Irwin serve as the opposing forces or <BR>OPFOR, and during Clark's tenure fought visiting Army troops using <BR>Soviet tactics. In the months following the invasion of Kuwait, the <BR>OPFOR adopted Iraqi tactics.<BR><BR>"We set up trench lines and obstacles that we believed would be over <BR>there," Clark said in a 1994 interview.<BR><BR>Following the Iraqi conflict, many soldiers who fought in the Persian <BR>Gulf claimed that the OPFOR at Fort Irwin was the most formidable enemy <BR>the Army could face. The Nevada Army National Guard has 49 of its 60 <BR>tanks stationed at Fort Irwin to fight alongside the OPFOR, manned with <BR>National Guard troops, spokeswoman Maj. Cindy Kirkland said.<BR><BR>Clark is a touch less personable and media savvy than other generals. <BR>His description of himself reflects that.<BR><BR>"I am a kind of hard-nosed, dusty boots armor man who knows what it <BR>takes to maneuver me!
 n," Clark said.<BR><BR>President Clinton nominated Clark for J5 and NATO positions. Both are <BR>Arkansas natives but Clark did not know Clinton while growing up.<BR><BR>As young men, both studied at Oxford University as Rhodes scholars but <BR>Clark left in August 1968, just before Clinton arrived. Clark did meet <BR>Clinton at a student conference in 1965 while he was a cadet at West <BR>Point and the future president was a student at Georgetown University.<BR><BR>"I was very impressed with him," Clark said. "I saw him as a future <BR>leader of consequence."<BR><BR><A href="http://64.4.16.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&amp;lah=c517f80b24b04a0ef3591d8fca4730bc&amp;lat=1064528297&amp;hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwesleyclark%2eh1%2eru%2fprofile%2ehtm%23NATO%27s" target=_blank>http://wesleyclark.h1.ru/profile.htm#NATO's</A> Wesley Clark was a rising <BR>star at Fort Irwin<BR><BR><BR><BR>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]<BR><BR></TT><BR><!-- |**|begin egp html ban!
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<TT><BR><A href="http://64.4.16.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&amp;lah=78c767bfc1155f1ded923be1047f89c0&amp;lat=1064528297&amp;hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2etahoe%2ecom" target=_blank>http://www.tahoe.com</A><BR>region Wednesday, April 7, 1999 1:09 AM<BR>NATO's Wesley Clark was a rising star at Fort Irwin<BR><BR><BR>Gen. Wesley K. Clark<BR><BR>By Teya Vitu<BR><BR>BARSTOW, Calif. - Even as a one-star general in 1990, today's NATO <BR>Supreme Commander Gen. Wesley Clark carried the aura of a rising star in <BR>the Army.<BR><BR>Nine years ago, Clark commanded the National Training Center at Fort <BR>Irwin in the Mojave Desert, 300 miles southeast of Carson City. The buzz <BR>among locals in nearby Barstow, Calif., was that Clark was on the fast <BR>track to four stars.<BR><BR>No other Fort Irwin commanding general since the NTC opened in 1982 has <BR>generated such attention. Several went on to three-star rank but Clark <BR>so far is the only Fort Irwin commander to reach the ran!
 k of full general.<BR><BR>While at Fort Irwin, Clark was among the youngest one-star generals in <BR>the Army. The local community sensed that Clark was on the way to <BR>becoming Army chief of staff.<BR><BR>Clark has yet to obtain that post but he has held high-profile positions <BR>since his Fort Irwin assignment from October 1989 to September 1991.<BR><BR>Clark went on to command the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, <BR>as a major general.<BR><BR>His promotion to lieutenant general in March 1994 took him to the Joint <BR>Chiefs of Staff as director of strategic plans and policy, called J5. He <BR>reported directly to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. John <BR>Shalikashvili.<BR><BR>The fourth star came in June 1996 and now Clark is supreme commander of <BR>the NATO forces engaged in battle in Yugoslavia.<BR><BR>Clark also played a key role the last time the United States military <BR>had a major engagement. During Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, <!
 BR>Clark headed the "enemy" forces training Army troops in war games a
t <BR>Fort Irwin.<BR><BR>The soldiers stationed at Fort Irwin serve as the opposing forces or <BR>OPFOR, and during Clark's tenure fought visiting Army troops using <BR>Soviet tactics. In the months following the invasion of Kuwait, the <BR>OPFOR adopted Iraqi tactics.<BR><BR>"We set up trench lines and obstacles that we believed would be over <BR>there," Clark said in a 1994 interview.<BR><BR>Following the Iraqi conflict, many soldiers who fought in the Persian <BR>Gulf claimed that the OPFOR at Fort Irwin was the most formidable enemy <BR>the Army could face. The Nevada Army National Guard has 49 of its 60 <BR>tanks stationed at Fort Irwin to fight alongside the OPFOR, manned with <BR>National Guard troops, spokeswoman Maj. Cindy Kirkland said.<BR><BR>Clark is a touch less personable and media savvy than other generals. <BR>His description of himself reflects that.<BR><BR>"I am a kind of hard-nosed, dusty boots armor man who knows what it <BR>takes to maneuver men," Clark !
 said.<BR><BR>President Clinton nominated Clark for J5 and NATO positions. Both are <BR>Arkansas natives but Clark did not know Clinton while growing up.<BR><BR>As young men, both studied at Oxford University as Rhodes scholars but <BR>Clark left in August 1968, just before Clinton arrived. Clark did meet <BR>Clinton at a student conference in 1965 while he was a cadet at West <BR>Point and the future president was a student at Georgetown University.<BR><BR>"I was very impressed with him," Clark said. "I saw him as a future <BR>leader of consequence."<BR><BR><A href="http://64.4.16.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&amp;lah=c517f80b24b04a0ef3591d8fca4730bc&amp;lat=1064528297&amp;hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwesleyclark%2eh1%2eru%2fprofile%2ehtm%23NATO%27s" target=_blank>http://wesleyclark.h1.ru/profile.htm#NATO's</A> Wesley Clark was a rising <BR>star at Fort Irwin<BR><BR><BR><BR>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]<BR><BR></TT><BR><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --!
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