Claude M. Bolton Jr.

Claude Milburn Bolton Jr.  ya kasance babban janar na Sojojin Sama na Amurka wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Sakataren Sojojin Amurka don Samun, Daidaitawa, da Fasaha daga 2002 zuwa 2008.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Claude M. Bolton Jr. a 1945 a Sioux City, Iowa . Ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Nebraska-Lincoln, inda ya sami digiri na farko a fannin injiniyan lantarki a shekarar 1969.

 Ayyukan soja 
Yayinda yake a kwaleji, ya yi aiki a cikin Rundunar Horar da Jami'an Tsaro, kuma bayan kwaleji, an ba shi izini a matsayin mataimakin na biyu a cikin Sojojin Sama na Amurka a watan Yunin 1969. Bayan ya kwashe shekara guda a cikin horo na matukin jirgi a Williams Air Force Base, ya yi aiki a matsayin matukin jirage na McConnell Air Force Base a rabi na biyu na 1970, a Davis-Monthan Air Force Base A farkon 1971, kuma a Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base 1971-72. Gabaɗaya, a lokacin Yaƙin Vietnam, Bolton ya shiga sama da awanni 2,700 a cikin sama da jiragen sama 30 daban-daban; wannan ya haɗa da ayyukan yaƙi 232, 40 daga cikinsu sun kasance a Arewacin Vietnam. Daga nan sai ya shafe shekara ta 1972-74 a matsayin matukin jirgi mai koyarwa a kan Cannon Air Force Base, a ƙarshe ya sami isasshen sa'o'i don zama matukin jirage. A shekara ta 1974, ya halarci Makarantar Jami'an Squadron na makonni biyar a Maxwell Air Force Base. Daga 1974 zuwa 1976, ya kasance matukin jirgi mai koyarwa a RAF Upper Heyford.

 Ayyukan farar hula 
A shekara ta 2002, yayin da yake aiki a matsayin kwamandan rundunar tsaro da hadin gwiwa a Wright-Patterson AFB, Shugaban Amurka George W. Bush ya tambayi Bolton idan zai sauka daga wannan mukamin kuma ya yarda da gabatarwa a matsayin Mataimakin Sakataren Sojojin Amurka don Samun, Daidaitawa, da Fasaha. Karɓar matsayin ya buƙaci Bolton ya yi ritaya daga Sojojin Sama, shawarar da ya yanke bayan ya tattauna da matarsa da 'ya'yansa mata, kuma a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 2001, Bolton ya ritaya a Wright Patterson. Kashegari, Ranar Sabuwar Shekara, Bolton da iyalinsa sun tafi Washington DC kuma an rantsar da shi a matsayin Mataimakin Sakataren Sojojin Amurka don Samun, Daidaitawa, da Fasaha washegari, Janairu 2, 2002. Bolton ya rike mukamin daga 2 ga Janairun 2002 zuwa 2 ga Janairu 2008.  Shekaru shida da ya yi a cikin mukamin sun kasance a saman Operation Iraqi Freedom da Operation Enduring Freedom kuma mutane da yawa sun dauke shi lokaci mai tsawo na irin wannan alƙawari mai damuwa. A cewar matarsa, Linda Bolton, ya zauna a cikin aikin na dogon lokaci saboda ya ji an tilasta masa ya tabbatar da cewa sojoji a yaƙi suna karɓar kayan aiki mafi kyau.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Matattun 2015
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1945