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Mark A. Milley
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American military personnel (born 1958)
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- Managing Legitimacy: Strategic and Institutional Approaches
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: a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data
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· 2007 · cited 31,374x
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Key facts
- Born
- Mark Alexander Milley , ( 1958-06-20 ) 20 June 1958 (age 67) , Winchester, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1980–2023
- Rank
- General
- Commands
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chief of Staff of the United States Army United States Army Forces Command III Corps International Security Assistance Force Joint Command 10th Mountain Division 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light)
- Conflicts
- Operation Just Cause Operation Uphold Democracy Operation Joint Endeavor Iraq War War in Afghanistan
- Awards
- Defense Distinguished Service Medal (3) Army Distinguished Service Medal (5) Defense Superior Service Medal (3) Legion of Merit (3) Bronze Star Medal (4)
- Alma mater
- Princeton University ( BA ) Columbia University ( MIA ) Naval War College ( MA )
- Spouse
- Hollyanne Haas ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Mark Alexander Milley (born 20 June 1958) is a retired United States Army general who served as the 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2019 to 2023. He had previously served as the 39th chief of staff of the Army from 2015 to 2019 and held multiple command and staff positions in eight divisions and special forces.
A Reserve Officers' Training Corps graduate from Princeton University, Milley earned his commission as an armor officer in 1980. He later received a master's degree from Columbia University. He had numerous deployments during his career, notably including Operation Just Cause in Panama, Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, the Iraq War, and the War in Afghanistan. During his first term, President Donald Trump appointed Milley chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, making him the tenth U.S. Army officer to be chairman. As chairman, Milley was the highest-ranking officer in the United States Armed Forces and the principal military advisor to the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council.
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