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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.
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]
2 List of commanders of the United States Central Command. ... General Jim Mattis (born 1950) 11 August 2010: 22 March 2013: 2 years, 223 days: U.S. Marine Corps: 12
He and Mattis bonded in the aftermath of the Arab Spring in 2011 when Mattis was serving as head of U.S. Central Command, overseeing all U.S. forces in the Middle East.
Mr Mattis spent 43 years in the Marine Corps, and rose to commander at US Central Command before retiring in 2013 as a four-star general. He joined the Trump administration as defense secretary in ...
The first time was June 10, 2014, when he was leading all U.S. forces in the Middle East as commander of CENTCOM. The Mattis program comes on the heels of America’s celebrations of our military ...
Robert Stiles Harward, Jr. (born 1956 [2]), known as Bob Harward, is a retired United States Navy SEAL and a former Deputy Commander of the United States Central Command, under the leadership command of General James Mattis.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens in March 2018 as President Donald Trump speaks at the White House. Mattis did not publicly reveal his consulting job for the UAE when he returned to the ...