Russel Honore
Russel Honore
Russel L. Honoréis a retired Lieutenant General who served as the 33rd commanding general of the U.S. First Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia. He is best known for serving as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina-affected areas across the Gulf Coast and as the 2nd Infantry Division's commander while stationed in South Korea. He served until his retirement from the Army on January 11, 2008. Honoré is sometimes known as "The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
CountryUnited States of America
You cannot depend on a sandbag dike to save your life. You put it up to try to save your property.
We got the capacity, and it seemed like the right thing to do.
There will be zero access to that operation. You wouldn't want to have pictures of people who are deceased shown on any media. Everybody knows it's a horrific event.
To these people, the crisis is still going on. They haven't gotten to the recovery part yet.
We didn't want another Kent State. They weren't trained for crowd control.
Worse things have happened to America. We're going to overcome this, too. It's not our fault. The storm came and flooded the city.
We've got a plan, but don't confuse the plan with execution. We're doing something that is very different. Nobody goes around with 50 tones of water.
By-and-large, these are families that are just waiting to get out of here. They are frustrated; I would be, too. I get frustrated at the cash register counter when the paper runs out.
I told myself I'd stay in until I reached major, and then go on and do something else.
This is a Disaster. This isn't something somebody can control. We ain't stuck on stupid.
Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.
The big thing now is the focus on keeping the cattle alive.
I think it's going to be a lower number, much lower than the 10,000. That 10,000 was based at a time when we didn't know what we didn't know.
I think it's going to be a lower number, much lower than the 10,000. A heck of a lot lower than that.