Mark Milley has served three tours in Afghanistan and would become the country’s senior military adviser to the president if confirmed.
WASHINGTON –– President Trump said Saturday that he will nominate Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, with the date of the transition still to be determined.
Milley, who has served in Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia, would become the country’s top military officer and senior military adviser to the president if confirmed by the Senate. He’d be responsible for helping to ensure that Trump’s policies in global hot spots are carried out.
One issue high on Milley’s agenda will be the 17-year war in Afghanistan, now the nation’s longest armed conflict. The Massachusetts native and Princeton University graduate knows that battlefield well: he’s served three tours in Afghanistan and was as the deputy commanding general for U. S. Forces-Afghanistan.
