WASHINGTON: US Army Gen. Mark Milley has become the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States. The chairman serves as the principal military advisor to the president.
Outgoing Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, who took the role of chairman in 2015, swore in Milley during a ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Virginia.
US President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were in attendance.
Milley’s ascension comes at a particularly tumultuous time as the Trump administration seeks to address Iranian aggression in the Middle East and the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and to counter emerging competitors such as Russia and China.
