"Turbulence at the Top: Our Peripatetic Generals" Lewis Sorley, in Army (March 1981); 2425 Wilson ~lvd., ~rling-ton. Va. 22201. The Army's readiness is hampered by policies that turn assignments in its senior echelons into a game of musical chairs, reports Sorley, a re- tired Army lieutenant colonel and chief of the CIA'S audit staff. The U.S. Army's General Staff, for example, consists of seven top generals, plus a Chief of Staff and a Vice Chief. Between 1960 and 1980, 86 different...