James Mattis was born on eighth of September 1950 in Pullman Washington. His parents were Lucille Mattis and John Mattis He graduated from Columbia High school in the year 1968 (Hillstrom and Laurie 210). During his years of schooling, he was a very dedicated student. In 1969 Mattis was admitted in the Marine Corps, and he joined Central Washington University where in 1971 he earned a Laurie BA degree in history. He was assigned as a second lieutenant in the U. S marine troops. In the year 1994, he graduated with a degree in international security.
Mattis is very much involved in political goals. First, as a general, he commanded Marine at all levels from the first being infantry rifle platoon to a Marine Expeditionary Force (Ryan and Wendy 167). First confidently he supports Israel-Palestinian peace deals. The situation weakens US esteem towards its Arabs allies. He congratulated John Kerry for his dedication on the Middle East peace process. Also, as major general, Mattis had commanded the Marin Division during the attack on Iraq and the frequent military operations during the period of war. He played a great role to take control of operations in Fallujah. Ideally, Mattis is very much involved in politics.
Mattis has many aspirations for America as the current United States Secretary of Defense (Power 1). First, he believes the World works best when countries work together to avoid the global threat. So, America to be a more exceptional nation it needs to be united with other countries, and by doing so, it will benefit economically. Also, he believes in prioritizing threats accurately. He calls on the intelligence committee to delineate and provide an initial prioritization of all current threats to the US. These include defining the problems being faced and focus on the use of national defense resources.
He aspires to combat the worst threat which is the Middle East countries like Saudi Arabia. Also, he aspires the government to stop cutting military budgets and refocus resources which will help strengthen the military. Mattis advised the Trump administration to strengthen the army without increasing the national debt this will help maintain the country's military power. These aspirations can be achieved through the cooperation with the government.
The accomplishments of James Mattis are quite numerous. Starting from a lieutenant to a general until now as the current United States secretary of defense he has achieved much. During his military career, he has been engaged in very many successful battles where he has emerged victorious. Soon after promotion to a lieutenant general, Mattis took control of the Marine corps combat Development Command in Fallujah. This was one of the worst bloodiest actions in war history.
In his tenure as a Major General, he was in control of the whole First Marine Division. This was way back during the Iraq invasion in 2003 where he was in command of twenty thousand marine's soldiers and succeeded. Afterward, Mattis was promoted to higher levels. Levels like NATO'S supreme commander for the transformation of U.S. joint forces command. Also, as the commander of united states central command (Kaufman 251). He retired from the military in 2013. Later on, Mattis was nominated as one of the General Dynamics board of directors. Currently, he is the defense secretary for the United States. Additionally, he is also the second retired military from marine forces to hold the office. He has been able to unite Saudi Arabia and currently have a good relationship.
James Mattis is a great man in his forty-four years in the military. Even now he has continued to prove that he is a great General and a patriot to his country.
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