James D. Watkins — American Soldier born on March 07, 1927,

James David Watkins was a United States Navy admiral and former Chief of Naval Operations who served as the U.S. Secretary of Energy during the George H. W. Bush administration, also chairing U.S. government commissions on HIV/AIDS and ocean policy. Watkins also served on the boards of various companies and other nongovernmental organizations and as the co-chair of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative... (wikipedia)

This is an era of violent peace.
We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace.