In December 2018 with the incumbent Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford schedule to retire in the following year 2019, Secretary of Defense James Mattis recommended President Donald Trump to picked the incumbent United States Air Force Chief of Staff General David L. Goldfein to be Dunford  successor as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff which Dunford himself also agreed with Mattis choice as his successor, especially due to the 13 years hiatus of Air Force General from the Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff position since General Richard B. Myers retired back in 2005. However due to the recent conflict that occurred between Trump and Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford , instead of picking what was recommended by Mattis and Dunford, Trump pick Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley to be Dunford  successor as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman. The nomination sparked a controversy due to previous Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman before Dunford, General Martin Dempsey was from the Army and if Goldfein had been selected, he would have been the Air Force's first chairman since 2005. Many believed that Trump picked Milley due to both Milley and Trump has formed a close and personal friendship since early the beginning of Trump Presidency. By the time Milley assumed the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman position in October 2019, exactly half of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman—10 out of 20—has been filled by Army generals.
In December 2018 with the incumbent Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford schedule to retire in the following year 2019, Secretary of Defense James Mattis recommended President Donald Trump to picked the incumbent United States Air Force Chief of Staff General David L. Goldfein to be Dunford 's successor as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff which Dunford himself also agreed with Mattis choice as his successor, especially due to the 13 years hiatus of Air Force General from the Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff position since General Richard B. Myers retired back in 2005. However due to the recent conflict that occurred between Trump and Dunford and Mattis , instead of picking what was recommended by Mattis and Dunford, Trump pick Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley to be Dunford 's successor as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman. The nomination sparked a controversy due to previous Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman before Dunford, General Martin Dempsey was from the Army and if Goldfein had been selected, he would have been the Air Force's first chairman since 2005. Many believed that Trump picked Milley due to both Milley and Trump has formed a close and personal friendship since early the beginning of Trump Presidency. By the time Milley assumed the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman position in October 2019, exactly half of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman—10 out of 20—has been filled by Army generals.
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Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford
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