MAJOR GENERAL ANTONIO M. TAGUBA, US Army, CF

1234567891011121314overwhelmed in providing all sorts of assistance to the Battalions,you still took that risk.A. Yes, sir, I did.Q. Okay. You didn’t know that he was pulling double-time soto speak.A. I-- I didn’t-- oh I wasn’t aware that it was a problem.Q. Okay. What did what priorities did you give him?A. I wanted him to get out to the Battalions, each onesseparate locations to make sure that the soldiers were being takencare of, that the Battalion Command Sergeant Majors understood thedirection we were taking. Any of the new changes of information,that the rules were going to be standardized from facility tofacility to facility and they were. And that he had my authority to-- I mean as the acting CSM-- I’ll tell you the only thing I might15have done differently in retrospect was that the 310 thhad a Command16171819202122Sergeant Major Woodcock and a Master Sergeant Lombardo. And MasterSergeant Lombardo since then came out on the CSM list, the promotionlist. So, I could have taken one of them and probably been donelittle disruption, but at the time, Sergeant Major Cartagena wasthere and it was a fix. And he was strong.Q. Would it surprise you that somehow it overwhelmed it?A. It would surprise me. Cause----121