General Joseph F. Dunford Jr.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff United States Marine Corps general four-star general human

General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and held several key command roles in major U.S. and NATO operations.

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General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. canonical 2
Joseph Dunford 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
United States Marine Corps general ⓘ
four-star general ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
awardReceived Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Defense Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Defense Superior Service Medal ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
surface form: Meritorious Service Medal (United States)

Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1955-12-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
conflict Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Georgetown University ⓘ
Marine Corps University ⓘ
surface form: Marine Corps Command and Staff College

Saint Michael's College ⓘ
United States Army War College ⓘ
endTime Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff term 2019-09-30 ⓘ
Commandant of the Marine Corps term 2015-09-24 ⓘ
familyName Dunford ⓘ
givenName Joseph ⓘ
hasChild three children ⓘ
honorificSuffix Jr. ⓘ
memberOf Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
four-star general ⓘ
militaryUnit 1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ
surface form: 1st Marine Division

5th Marine Regiment ⓘ
Headquarters Marine Corps ⓘ
surface form: Marine Corps Headquarters
nickname Fighting Joe ⓘ
nominatedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
notableWork Leadership of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan ⓘ
Service as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
occupation United States Marine Corps general ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
positionHeld 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
36th Commandant of the Marine Corps ⓘ
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps ⓘ
Commander of U.S. Forces – Afghanistan ⓘ
Commander of the International Security Assistance Force ⓘ
Commander, I Marine Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command ⓘ
Platoon commander, 1st Marine Division ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Virginia, United States
retirementDate 2019-11-01 ⓘ
serviceNumber United States Marine Corps officer ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ellyn Dunford ⓘ
startTime Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff term 2015-10-01 ⓘ
Commandant of the Marine Corps term 2014-10-17 ⓘ

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International Security Assistance Force → notableCommander → General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. ⓘ
Commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan → notableOfficeHolder → General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. ⓘ
Mark Milley → predecessor → General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Dunford