Editing Richard Myers (section)

===Military transformation===
[[File:General Richard B. Myers Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited Haiti.jpg|left|thumb|222x222px|Myers with Brigadier General [[Ronald S. Coleman]] during a visit to [[Port-au-Prince]] to inspect U.S. troops deployed as part of peacekeeping operations in Haiti.]]
In February 2004 [[President of Haiti|Haitian President]] [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] [[2004 Haitian coup d'état|was overthrown in a coup d'état]], leading to conflict within the country. The United States deployed Marines to Haiti as part of the multinational [[Operation Secure Tomorrow]] from February to July 2004. On March 13, Myers visited the United States troops deployed to Haiti.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Operation Secure Tomorrow|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/haiti04.htm|access-date=June 20, 2020|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Marines Clean-up after Operation Secure Tomorrow|url=https://www.lejeune.marines.mil/News/Article/511338/marines-clean-up-after-operation-secure-tomorrow/|access-date=June 20, 2020|website=www.lejeune.marines.mil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 29, 2004 |title=Haiti's President Forced Out; Marines Sent to Keep Order |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/international/americas/haitis-president-forced-out-marines-sent-to-keep.html |url-access=registration |access-date=June 20, 2020 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>

Together with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Myers conducted weekly press briefings at The Pentagon on the War on Terror.<ref name=":0" />[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 040510-F-6655M-100.jpg|thumb|222x222px|Myers with President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General [[Peter Pace]] during a Press Conference at [[The Pentagon]] on 10 May 2004.]]One of Myers' achievements as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was his pursuit of the transformation of the United States military. Myers orchestrated substantive changes to the nation's Unified Combatant Command's plan following the September 11 attacks, leading to the establishment of [[United States Northern Command]] (USNORTHCOM) as the new Unified Combatant Command to consolidate and coordinate domestic defense.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> It was also to support local, state and federal authorities in order to assist the newly created Department of Homeland Security, especially in responding to national emergencies. Following the establishment of USNORTHCOM, the [[North American Aerospace Defense Command]] (NORAD) was also merged into USNORTHCOM and the [[United States Space Command]] was merged in to the [[United States Strategic Command]] (USSTRATCOM) in order to consolidate and strengthen the nation's nuclear deterrent and space missions.<ref name=":3" /> Like his predecessors, Myers also continued to promote a joint culture among the nation's military services in order to avoid [[interservice rivalry]].

In order to emphasize the War on Terror, Myers created what was known as "National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism 2002-2005."<ref name=":3" /> The Strategic Plan provided a new guidance to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, regional commanders and Unified Combatant Command commanders for a multi-pronged strategy that aimed at targeting global terrorist networks.<ref name=":3" />

Myers' tenure as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ended in September 2005 and he was succeeded by General [[Peter Pace]], who had served as Myers' Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Staff.<ref name=":3" /> Myers retired from active duty on 30 September 2005, after more than forty years of active service. His retirement ceremony was held at [[Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall|Fort Myer, Virginia]], with President George W. Bush delivering the retirement remarks.<ref name=":0" />