US President Barack Obama intends to appoint Gen. Joseph Dnford, new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US, succeeding Gen. Martin Dempsey, according to US officials announced.
And the transfer of Radio Sawa US on Tuesday, for a request not to be named officials as saying that a formal announcement of the appointment will be later in the day in the White House.
And Gen. Dnford, aged 59 years, will become the highest officer in the US Army, and a prominent adviser to President Obama in the field of defense, currently serving as commander of the Marine Corps.
As Chief of Staff Gen. Dnford also will be the first of the new Military Adviser to the Minister of Defense Ashton Carter, and that at a time when US forces are facing new threats after the wars that Khadthma over more than a decade in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Gen. Dnford has become a leader in October 36 for the Marine Corps, an elite force in the US Army, and before that he served as commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan (ISAF) and that between February 2013 and August 2014.
Dnford was born on December 8, 1955 in Boston, the northeastern United States, and became an officer in 1977, and succeeded to enroll in school Thunderbolt "Rangers", which is the physical exercises are among the toughest in the world forces, it is also a metaphor of the War College in the US Army, and holds a Studies graduate, first in international relations, and the second in political science.
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