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However, after the 1988 presidential election, the shine had dulled on military-veteran politicians, and through 2012, "the candidate with the better military record lost." [2] As of December 2018, George H. W. Bush was the most recent president to have served in combat (as an aircraft carrier-based bomber pilot in World War II). [3]
Years of service: 1942–1955 (on active service 1942–1945). Second [22] youngest pilot in the United States Navy during World War II (Three days before turning 19). [23] Earned Distinguished Flying Cross. Jimmy Carter: World War II-China Service Medal: Years of service: 1946–1961 (on active service 1946–1953).
John Francis Kelly (born May 11, 1950) is an American former political advisor and retired U.S. Marine Corps general who was White House chief of staff for President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019.
In this October 2018 photo, then-US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens as then-President Donald Trump answers questions during a meeting with military leaders in the Cabinet Room in Washington, DC.
Now Hegseth, 44, is gearing up for an even bolder move, potentially leading every military service branch as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Pentagon. Getty Images
President-elect Donald Trump has stated on numerous occasions that the U.S. military, after a good first 170 years or so, has largely forgotten how to win wars since 1945.
The Swift Boat Veterans, an independent-expenditure group, was credited with a significant impact on the 2004 presidential election by advancing a sharp attack on John Kerry's military record, [4] described by Mother Jones magazine as a "smear campaign," and by NPR as discredited. [5] Since 2004, he has been president of the firm Advancing ...
The Harris and Trump campaigns’ battle over patriotism and military service is heating up, the latest controversial line of attack in the election cycle. ... [Trump] has the record on both ...