Lloyd Austin
Lloyd James Austin III. (* 8. August 1953 in Mobile , Alabama ) is an American military, retired General of the US Army and the 28th of Defense of the United States . From 2013 to 2016 he was the commander of the US Central Command . Austin was nominated by President Biden as Secretary of Defense and was confirmed in office by the Senate as the first member of the Biden cabinet on January 22, 2021 . Austin is the first to be African American Secretary of Defense in US History.
Life
Austin is a graduate of the US Military Academy and the US Army War College . He also attended the Universities of Webster and Auburn .
Austin served as the commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division from 2003 to 2005 . In 2006 Austin was promoted to Lieutenant General. From 2006 to 2009 he was Commanding General of the XVIII. US Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg Base in North Carolina . From 2008 to 2009 he and his corps also provided the Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNC-I), reporting directly to the commander of the coalition forces in Iraq ( Multi-National Force Iraq ) , General Raymond T. Odierno . Austin was responsible for the operations of about 150,000 soldiers there.
On July 9, 2009, he was nominated for the post of Director of the Joint Staff . In September 2009 he handed over the command of the XVIII. US Airborne Corps to Lieutenant General Frank G. Helmick and took over the post of Director of the Joint Staff . In October 2010 Austin took over the post of Commander of the United States Forces Iraq from General Raymond T. Odierno , and in January 2012 he was appointed General Vice Chief of Staff of the Army . As of March 22, 2013, Austin commanded US Central Command . He held the post until March 2016.
Austin retired on April 5, 2016.
Austin joined the Nucor Board on September 18, 2017 . He also served on the boards of Guest Services , United Technologies Corporation and Carnegie Corporation in 2017 . Austin joined Tenet Healthcare Corporation on May 29, 2018 .
Following the 2020 presidential election in the United States , Austin was named Secretary of Defense in December 2020 in the new administration of newly elected President Joe Biden , who took office on January 20, 2021. Austin himself was confirmed by the US Senate on January 22, 2021 , and he has been Secretary of Defense of the United States since then. He is the first African American to hold this post. Lloyd Austin is a member of the Roman Catholic Church .
honors and awards
Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of the Military Awards:
- Defense Distinguished Service Medal (4 ×)
- Army Distinguished Service Medal (3 ×)
- Silver star
- Defense Superior Service Medal (2 ×)
- Legion of Merit (2 ×)
- Defense Meritorious Service Medal
- Meritorious Service Medal (5 ×)
- Joint Service Commendation Medal
- Army Commendation Medal (6 ×)
- Army Achievement Medal
- National Defense Service Medal
- Afghanistan Campaign Medal
- Iraq Campaign Medal
- Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
- Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
- Humanitarian Service Medal
Web links
- Official biography ( memento of October 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ General Officer Announcements. In: Defense.gov . May 18, 2010. (English).
- ↑ Gen. Lloyd J. Austin nominated to be Army vice chief of staff ( Memento of November 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from January 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Sebastian Fischer: Obama's Anti-Terror General. In: spiegel.de . October 17, 2014, accessed October 17, 2014.
- ^ Lloyd James Austin III (1953–). In: blackpast.org . 2021, accessed on January 23, 2021.
- ↑ Lloyd Austin: retired army general nominated as Biden defense secretary. In: theguardian.com. December 9, 2020, accessed January 23, 2021 .
- ↑ Biden pledges: "Democracy has prevailed". In: orf.at. January 20, 2021, accessed January 23, 2021 .
- ↑ Lloyd Austin confirmed as Secretary of Defense. In: Wiener Zeitung . Retrieved January 23, 2021 .
- ^ Daniel Friedrich Sturm: Biden nominated first black defense minister. In: Welt.de . December 8, 2020, accessed January 23, 2021.
- ↑ Christopher White: Joe Biden's very Catholic Cabinet. In: ncronline.org . January 19, 2021, accessed January 23, 2021.
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SURNAME | Austin, Lloyd |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Austin III, Lloyd James (full name) |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | American military and the 28th United States Secretary of Defense |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mobile , Alabama , United States |