Jim Mattis
Retired Marine general, former Defense Secretary
Jim Mattis is a retired four-star Marine Corps general who later headed the US Defense Department. He wrote Call Sign Chaos.
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American Born 1950 in Pullman, United States
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About Jim Mattis
James Norman Mattis was born on September 8, 1950. He became a Marine Corps officer through Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps after graduating from Central Washington University. His military service included the Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq. From 2007 to 2010 he led United States Joint Forces Command, while also serving as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. He then commanded United States Central Command from 2010 to 2013. He became Secretary of Defense in January 2017.