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General Lloyd Austin with President Barack Obama at MacDill Air Force Base, September 17, 2014. Austin became the commander of CENTCOM on March 22, 2013, after being nominated by President Obama in late 2012. [37] [38] [39] Austin was preceded as CENTCOM commander by General James Mattis, whom Austin would later succeed as secretary of defense ...
four-star general. The rank of general (or full general, or four-star general) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Army. It ranks above lieutenant general (three-star general) and below general of the Army (five-star general). There have been 260 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Army.
Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin has been confirmed by the Senate as the next secretary of defense. AP Photo/Susan WalshBy all accounts, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, just confirmed by the Senate to ...
Mark Alexander Milley (born June 20, 1958) is a retired United States Army general who served as the 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2019, to September 30, 2023.
Austin, a retired four-star Army general, has already achieved a historic mark as the first Black commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM). Gen. Lloyd Austin’s historic Defense ...
Civilian control of the military is among our republic’s great strengths, a tradition not only inculcated in civic education (what remains of it) but admirably manifested by our armed forces, in ...
The cadet with the highest class rank is the one that has the best combination of score, academic standing, additional merits and demerits. The United States Military Academy opened in 1802; [1] [2] the initial class having just two cadets. The academy started the practice of ranking its graduates in 1818.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was on hand for the changing of leadership ceremony, in which Gen. Randall Reed took over as head of the unit. Van Ovost had served in the role since 2021.