Here is a professional biography of outgoing U.S. Central Command Chief Gen. Tommy Franks (search), according to Centcom's Web site: Franks was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1967 as a ...

It's already a cliche. Gen. Tommy Franks is no Norman Schwarzkopf--the loquacious general who ran Gulf War I. And that's just fine with this war's top general, who has been quoted saying that exact ...

The following are remarks by General Tommy Franks as prepared for delivery at the 2004 ...

Here is a look at the life of Tommy Franks, retired four-star Army General. Personal Birth date: June 17, 1945 Birth place: Wynnewood, Oklahoma Birth name: Tommy Ray Franks Father: Ray Franks, a ...

General Franks has served in a number of hot spots, including Korea and in the Iraqi desert during operation Desert Storm. His military commendations include four Legion of Merit medals and three ...

After four days of war, Gen. Tommy Franks broke his public silence Saturday and christened his high-tech $1.5 million press center in the desert with an hour-long news conference on the status of ...

AGE-BIRTH DATE _ 56; June 17, 1945. EDUCATION _ B.A., business administration, University of Texas at Arlington (1971); M.S., public administration, Shippensburg ...

Army Gen. Tommy Franks, who delivered President Bush two big battlefield victories in the war on terrorism, is retiring rather than seeking a new command, the Pentagon said yesterday.

Tommy R. Franks, the Army general who commanded U.S. forces to battlefield victories in Afghanistan and Iraq, has decided to retire after 36 years in uniform. Franks made no announcement, but ...

General Tommy R. Franks is the Commander, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. General Franks was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1967 as a distinguished graduate of the ...

He felt uncomfortable about Gen. (Stormin') Norman Schwarzkopf's showy triumphalism after Operation Desert Storm. But when Franks arrived in Baghdad, he permitted himself a victory tour of one of ...

Gen. Tommy Franks, who commanded the American-led coalition campaigns that won wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is retiring, defense officials said Thursday. Fox News Media Fox Business ...