Mark Milley
American military personnel (born 1958)
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.
Following threats by Trump, President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Milley and other officials before he left office on 20 January 2025. Hours after Trump's inauguration for his second term that same day, Milley's official portrait, unveiled at the Pentagon on 10 January, was removed. A few days later, his security clearance was suspended and his security detail withdrawn.
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