James L. Jones

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James L. Jones

James Logan Jones Jr. (born December 19, 1943 in Kansas City , Missouri ) is a retired general in the US Marine Corps . From 1999 to 2003 he was the 32nd  Commandant of the Marine Corps ( CMC ) and from 2003 to 2006 the 13th Commander of the US European Command ( USEUCOM ) and also the 14th  Supreme Allied Commander Europe ( SACEUR ). He has been retired since February 1, 2007. At the end of November 2007, he was appointed security officer for the Middle East by the USA. From June 2007 to January 2009 he was Chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States .

After US President Barack Obama took over the government , Jones became National Security Advisor on January 20, 2009 .

Life

Youth and education

James L. Jones is the son of James L. Jones, Sr. , a decorated U.S. Marine who fought in World War II . Jones spent the formative years of his youth in France , where he graduated from the American School of Paris . He returned to the United States to attend the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University , which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966 . During his training, Jones, who is 1.93 m tall, played basketball on the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team.

From 1973 to 1974 he studied at the Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico , Virginia . In 1985 he finally took the opportunity to graduate from the National War College in Washington . Jones is married and has four children with his wife, Diane. One of the sons, Gregory D. Jones, served twice as a Marine in Iraq before leaving the USMC as captain .

Military career

General Jones before the Senate Armed Services Committee on September 23, 2004.

In October 1967 he went to Vietnam and served as platoon leader and company commander in G Company of the 2nd Battalion , 3rd US Marine Regiment . After two years, he returned to the United States in December 1968 and served in various units as a company commander until he was transferred back abroad, to Okinawa , in November 1974, where he served as company commander of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th. US Marine Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division served.

After serving at the headquarters of the United States Marine Corps ( HQMC ) in Washington from 1974 to 1984, he graduated from the National War College . A year later, after graduating, he was given command of the 3rd Battalion of the 9th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton , California .

In August 1987 Jones returned to the US Marine Corps Headquarters and served there as a staff advisor to the Commandant. In this position he was also promoted to Colonel and took over the post of Military Secretary of the Commandant in February 1989 .

In late 1990 he was given command of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit ( 24th MEU / SOC ) in Camp Lejeune , North Carolina . During this employment he took part in Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq and Turkey , in the context of which the Kurds were protected from attacks by the Iraqi army.

When he was appointed in 1992 Brigadier General was promoted and appointed deputy director J-3 in the US European Command , Stuttgart was used, Germany, he was appointed as Chief of Staff of the Joint Task Force Provide Promise , which for operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia was responsible abkommandiert .

When he returned to the United States in 1994, he was promoted to major general and commanding general of the 2nd Marine Division , Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune , North Carolina . Jones then served as director of the Expeditionary Warfare Division on the Chief of Naval Operations' staff in 1996, and later became deputy chief of staff for plans, tactics and operations at the US Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington. There he was also promoted to Lieutenant General on July 18, 1996 and appointed Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense from 1997 to 1999 .

On June 30, 1999, he was promoted to 4-star general and one day later took over the post of 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps , becoming the highest-ranking Marine and part of the United General Staff of the US Armed Forces .

Gene. Craddock , Gordon R. England and Jones transferring command of USEUCOM, 2006.

On January 16, 2003, Jones took over the post of Commander of the US European Command (USEUCOM) and that of Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) one day later. During this time, NATO led the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan in the fight against the Taliban , while Jones, as EUCOM commander, was also subordinate to the US troops of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

On July 14, 2006, NATO announced that Bantz J. Craddock , General in the US Army , would succeed Jones in the post of SACEUR towards the end of the year after serving as commander of the US Southern Command . This nomination was confirmed by the US Senate on September 29, 2006 . On December 4, he finally handed over command of the US European Command to General Craddock, and three days later, on December 7, the command as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Jones then retired on February 1, 2007.

Jones was appointed Commander of the US Central Command by then US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld , responsible and a. for the Middle East . Jones refused this, however, as he apparently feared to be overlooked too often in this position, as Rumsfeld had until then mostly turned directly to the commander of the coalition forces in Iraq , at that time General George W. Casey .

Political career

After his retirement, Jones served as chair of the independent Congressional Commission on the Security Forces in Iraq, which examined the capabilities of the Iraqi police and armed forces. In late November 2007, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice named him Middle East Security Officer. From June 1, 2007 to January 2009, Jones also served as Chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States , a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting “constructive US leadership and engagement in international relations who play a central role in the Atlantic community ”.

After the election of Barack Obama as US President , Jones was considered a candidate for the post of National Security Advisor and was nominated on December 1, 2008.

After Obama took over government, Jones became National Security Advisor on January 20, 2009. In October 2010 he announced his departure from office. His previous deputy, Thomas E. Donilon , was named as his successor in October 2010.

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :

Web links

Commons : James L. Jones  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

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  2. David Wallechinsky: National Security Advisor: Who is James L. (Revolving Door) Jones? (HuffingtonPost.com January 7, 2009; English)
  3. Neil King, Jr: The Courting of General Jones - Candidates From Both Parties Woo Policy-Savvy Ex-Marine (WallStreetJournal.com, April 23, 2007; English)
  4. James Jones In: New York Times , February 14, 2013, accessed August 2, 2013
  5. Obama selects Gene James L. Jones ABCNews on December 1, 2008, online, accessed August 2, 2013
  6. Guantanamo chief to become NATO top commander  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( Reuters of July 14, 2006, English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / today.reuters.co.uk  
  7. Supreme Allied Command Europe changes hands ( Memento from December 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  8. Public Directory of: US Marine Corps General Officers & Senior Executives  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Senior Leader Management Branch (MMSL)  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Manpower & Reserve Affairs, United States Marine Corps (dated December 6, 2006; MS Word document; English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / 138.156.230.184  @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.manpower.usmc.mil  
  9. The "Defense Secretary We Had" ( Washington Post, November 9, 2006)
  10. "promote constructive US leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the central role of the Atlantic community in meeting the international challenges of the 21st century" ( Memento from August 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  11. ^ Defense Secretary Gates to stay at Pentagon; Retired Marine Gen. Jones to be NSA (LATimes.com, November 25, 2008)
  12. msnbc.msn.com , accessed December 1, 2008
  13. General James L. Jones, Jr. - Retired. In: General Officer Biographies. United States Marine Corps, archived from the original on March 18, 2012 ; Retrieved April 27, 2010 .
  14. US Security Advisor Jones resigns. In: ORF . October 8, 2010, accessed October 8, 2010 .
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predecessor Office successor
Joseph W. Ralston Supreme Allied Commander Europe
2003-2006
Bantz J. Craddock
Joseph W. Ralston Commander US European Command
2003-2006
Bantz J. Craddock