# Gen. Peter Pace nominated for Chief of JCS

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**Created:** [April 22, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-peter-pace-nominated-for-chief-of-jcs/300599 "2005-04-22T14:40:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-peter-pace-nominated-for-chief-of-jcs/300599/1 "2005-04-22T14:40:50Z")

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Interesting news for you jugheads ( 😉 ) out there. [Bush nominates Pace for JCS](http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/22/pace.ap/index.html). It will be the first time a Marine has served in the number-one spot.

As for me, I only find it interesting due to my highly perverse fascination with bureacracy. (It should also finally put to rest the whole “Marines are just a part of the Navy!” myth. That hasn’t been true since the Second World War and I keep hearing people say it.)

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**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-peter-pace-nominated-for-chief-of-jcs/300599/2 "2005-04-22T19:40:57Z")

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I assume you meant “jarheads”? And “Chairman of the JCS”?

He’s had a lot of good experiences, I hope he gets approved.

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**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-peter-pace-nominated-for-chief-of-jcs/300599/3 "2005-04-22T20:35:12Z")

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High time a Marine had the position.

I had a good laugh at “Jugheads.” And now I’m off to buy Archie Comics!

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-peter-pace-nominated-for-chief-of-jcs/300599/4 "2005-04-22T21:03:38Z")

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I had no idea there was a General Peter Pace.

Wonder how mine compares.

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-peter-pace-nominated-for-chief-of-jcs/300599/5 "2005-04-22T23:39:32Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> As for me, I only find it interesting due to my highly perverse fascination with bureacracy. (It should also finally put to rest the whole “Marines are just a part of the Navy!” myth. That hasn’t been true since the Second World War and I keep hearing people say it.)

It’s not true on a day-to-day basis, but the Marines are still part of the Dept of the Navy, so it is true on some levels. For that matter, Marines haven’t really been Marines in the traditional sense of the term since before the Spanish American War.