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Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army officer and current civil servant who has served as the 28th 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 ]
Lloyd Austin: January 22, 2021 [2] (Confirmed January 22, 2021, 93–2) [RC 1] — — Deputy Secretary of Defense. Kathleen Hicks: February 9, 2021 [3] (Confirmed February 8, 2021 by voice vote) [V 1] — — Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Chris Meagher: September 9, 2022 — John Kirby [4] January 20, 2021 May 27, 2022
Lloyd Austin: Joe Biden: Gregory M. Kausner [21] 2 August 2021 [20] – 7 February 2022 (Performing the Duties of) Lloyd Austin: Joe Biden: Andrew P. Hunter: 7 February 2022 [22] – 15 April 2022 (Performing the Duties of) Lloyd Austin: Joe Biden: William A. LaPlante: 15 April 2022 [23] – present Lloyd Austin: Joe Biden
Lloyd Austin, the US secretary of defense, has transferred duties to his deputy after he was moved to a critical care unit for treatment of symptoms indicating a possible “emergent bladder issue ...
Since the creation of the position in 1947, such a waiver has been approved only three times, for Army general George Marshall in 1950, Marine Corps General Jim Mattis in 2017, and retired Army general Lloyd Austin in 2021. [23] [24]
Fact Checking Claims that Lloyd Austin ‘Threatened’ to Send American Troops to Fight Russia. Alex Demas. December 12, 2023 at 12:52 PM.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from the hospital and resumed work. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Austin left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on ...
The senior military assistant to the secretary of defense (SMA SecDef) [1] is the highest-ranking commissioned officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The SMA directly reports to the secretary of defense, performing administrative work in the Secretary's name and handles relations between the Secretary and other pertinent government bodies, including the rest of the OSD ...