Gen Mark Milley nominated next Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff

[FJAG]

President Trump has announced he will nominate Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing current Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford when his term expires in October 2019. Mr. Trump made the announcement on Twitter before the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia Saturday. . . .

Article here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-announces-nomination-of-gen-mark-milley-as-next-chairman-of-joint-chiefs-of-staff/

Gen Milley's Wiki page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_A._Milley

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[tomahawk6]

The job usually gets rotated between the services.Gen Dempsey was the last one from the Army 2011-15. Previous to that he had been Army Chief of Staff. I don't see him having trouble getting through the Senate confirmation process.

 

[FJAG]

There hasn't been so much rotation lately. The Army had the job before the current chairman (who's a Marine) but the Air Force hasn't had one since 2001-2005.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff

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[tomahawk6]

Dunford got his job in 2015 replacing Dempsey.Why Trump passed on the CNO or CoSAF I don't know,it happens.

 

[Journeyman]

Given his central role in waffling and flip-flopping on the still-pending publication of the Army's Iraq war study, he seems like an appropriate choice -- a pliable, uniformed bureaucrat who will avoid any hint of bad news or potential blame.

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[FJAG]

Back in 2010 the US Army Combined Arms Center brought out an excellent history on the Afghanistan conflict titled: The United States Army in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) October 2001 - September 2005: A Different Kind of War. https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/GWOT/DifferentKindofWar.pdf

I've been patiently waiting for the subsequent years and the Iraq conflict equivalent.

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