Engineer Memoirs _____________________________________________________________________
Groundbreaking Ceremony at the new Winfield Lock. Left to right, Major General
Kem, Deputy Chief of Engineers, Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, Neil Diehl,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ingram Barge Company, Congressman
Robert Wise of West Virginia, and West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton.
To do that, the Chief's got to be in the lead. He has to have somebody who's paving the way,
developing the contacts, setting it up, writing the articulations, and doing the networking.
That's what we've got now with Bill Robertson and the Office for Strategic Initiatives.
With the Office for Strategic Initiatives, we have a very proactive element. They are not just
strategic planners. I mean, the word is not strategic planning now, you see--it's strategic
initiatives.
Q:
Initiative. Which is the emphasis more on the action.
A:
That's right. It's action.
Q:
Uh-huh.
A:
I arrived after the fact; it was all set up. When I walked in as the deputy and found out what it
was, I just nodded to myself and said, "What a smart guy Hank Hatch is to do that."
Q:
Now, you are on the Senior Staff Group that meets--I don't know if it's a regular schedule.
A:
Periodically.
Q:
Periodically. That is all the senior level people and general officers, basically?
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