General Henry Hugh Shelton (born January 2, 1942) is a retired American career military officer of the United States Army. He served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 to 2001. Read full biography of Hugh Shelton →
The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.
Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September. And even before then it was quite busy.
We came back right over the World Trade Center and could see, even from that altitude, the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious... →
And so I'm still giving some thought - I will transition hopefully into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several... →
But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our... →
My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.
The standards to get in are very high. We don't want to lower those standards.
Well, I enjoy sharing in the dangers that we ask our men and women in uniform to share in almost every day.
I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request... →
I jump out of perfectly good airplanes, and it's a great thrill and it allows me to share in the dangers that our great men and women in uniform... →
I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism is working... →
Our people are working overtime - I say our people; our federal agencies in this regard - and that I'm confident that the way that you can stop... →
I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.
General Henry Hugh Shelton (born January 2, 1942) is a retired American career military officer of the United States Army. He served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 to 2001.