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In 2024, Tuberville placed a hold on the July nomination of Army lieutenant general Ronald P. Clark to be four-star commander of Army forces in the Pacific over Clark's role as senior military assistant to secretary of defense Lloyd Austin during Austin's secret hospitalization in January. Tuberville dropped his hold after a few weeks and Clark ...
Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army four-star general who has served as the 28th and current United States Secretary of Defense since January 22, 2021. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), beginning in March 2013. [ 1 ]
Jim Mattis. James Norman Mattis (born September 8, 1950) is an American military veteran who served as the 26th United States secretary of defense from 2017 to 2019. A retired Marine Corps four-star general, he commanded forces in the Persian Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War.
28 March 2019: 2 years, 363 days: U.S. Army: 14 ... Major General Lloyd Austin (born 1953) 15 September 2005: 27 October 2006 ~ 1 year, 42 days: U.S. Army-Major General
Austin, a retired Army general, will become the first Black man to serve as secretary of defense. Retired Army General Lloyd Austin would be the first Black man to serve as secretary of defense if ...
The chief of naval operations (CNO) is the highest-ranking officer of the United States Navy. The position is a statutory office (10 U.S.C. § 8033) held by an admiral who is a military adviser and deputy to the secretary of the Navy. The CNO is also a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (10 U.S.C. § 151) and in this capacity, a military ...
Two of the former U.S. Central Command Commanders would later serve as United States Secretary of Defense: General James Mattis and General Lloyd Austin. Mattis served as the 26th U.S. Secretary of Defense. Austin became the 28th U.S. Secretary of Defense on January 22, 2021; he is the current incumbent. [42]
Description General Lloyd James Austin III, 2016.jpg. English: Gen. Lloyd James Austin, III, Commander, United States Army Central Command, poses for a portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA, Apr 4, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King/Released) Date. 4 April 2016, 10:04:59.