WASHINGTON — President Obama will nominate Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, choosing a widely respected, combat-hardened commander who led the Afghanistan war coalition during a key transitional period during 2013-2014, U.S. officials said Monday.
The move cuts short Dunford’s service as the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, a job he began last October. But the rapid promotion is one of several that have marked Dunford’s fast-tracked military career, which saw him leap from a one-star general to four stars in about three years.
via Obama taps Dunford for Joint Chiefs chairman.
I’ve heard good stuff about GEN Dunford (of course, that was mostly in comparison to GEN Amos). If any of our Marines have any insight, that would be nice.
XBradTC 
Leave a comment