Austin S. Miller

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Austin "Scott" Miller (here as Major General , 2014)

Austin "Scott" Miller (born May 15, 1961 ) is a general in the United States Army (USA) and since September 2018 commander of Mission Resolute Support (formerly International Security Assistance Force , ISAF). He had previously commanded the United States Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) since 2016 .

Life

Austin S. Miller graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1983 and served in various units after graduation. In 1993 he commanded a unit of the Delta Force as a captain and took part in the Battle of Mogadishu . He was involved in the US interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq and is said to have commanded special operations operations during a particularly difficult phase of the US occupation in Iraq . From 2013 to 2014 he commanded the operations of US special forces in Afghanistan. With General Raymond Thomas III's resignation in 2016, Miller became the most likely candidate to succeed him as JSOC commander. Miller took command of the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan from John W. Nicholson Jr. in September 2018 .

Miller was narrowly missed on October 18, 2018 when a Taliban assassin, who had previously been smuggled in as a guard, attacked a group of representatives at the Kandahar governor's seat. The Afghan police chief Abdul Raziq Achakzai was killed in the attack, the governor of Kandahar and US General Jeffrey Smiley were wounded. The assassin was shot dead by a US soldier. Fearing further attacks, the Americans left the property with their convoy, breaking through a gate and killing an Afghan guard in another exchange of fire.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jim Garamone: "Miller Takes Over NATO, US Commands in Afghanistan" dod.defense.gov of September 2, 2018
  2. ^ Thomas Gibbons-Neff: "This Army general is likely to lead the shadowy Joint Special Operations Command" Washington Post, January 11, 2016
  3. ^ Sayed Salahuddin, "Gunfire erupts in Afghan governor's compound after meeting with US commander," Washington Post, October 18, 2018
  4. ↑ Mujib Mashal and Thomas Gibbons-Neff: "How a Taliban Assassin Got Close Enough to Kill a General" New York Times of November 2, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Miller, Austin S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miller, Austin Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American general
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1961