Ecco uno sguardo alla vita del generale (destra.) Jim Jones, former National Security Adviser to Il presidente Barack Obama.
Personale
Data di nascita: dicembre 19, 1943
Luogo di nascita: Kansas City, Missouri
Nome di nascita: James Logan Jones Jr.
Padre: James L. Jones Sr.
Madre: Charlotte Ann (Ground) Jones
Matrimonio: Diane (Johnson) Jones
Bambini: Four children
Formazione scolastica: Georgetown University, B.S., 1966; National War College, 1985
Servizio militare: US Marines, 1967-2007, four-star General
Altri fatti
Speaks fluent French.
Is the first Marine sworn in as Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Sequenza temporale
gennaio 1967 – Commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Marine Corps.
1967-1968 – Serves as a platoon and company commander in Vietnam.
1979-1984 – Marine Corps Liaison Officer to the US Senate.
1985-1987 – Commander, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California.
1987-1989 – Senior aide to the commandant of the Marine Corps.
febbraio 1989 – Becomes the military secretary to the commandant.
1990-1992 – Commanding officer, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune, Carolina del Nord.
giugno 30, 1999 – Is promoted to general and assumes the post the following day.
1999-2003 – Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.
gennaio 16, 2003-2006 – NATO’s Commander of the US European Command (USEUCOM) and Supreme Allied Commander, Europa (SACEUR).
febbraio 1, 2007 – Retires from the Marines.
2007 – Chairman of the Independent Commission on the Security Forces di Iraq, as appointed by Congress.
2007-2008 – US State Department Special Envoy for Middle East Security.
2007-2008 – President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy.
2007-2009 – Chairman of the Atlantic Council.
dicembre 1, 2008 – President-elect Obama appoints Jones to serve as national security adviser.
gennaio 20, 2009-ottobre 2010 – National Security Adviser under President Obama.
ottobre 8, 2010 – Obama announces that Jones will leave his post by the end of October and will be replaced by his most senior deputy, Thomas E. Donilon.
2011-presente – President of Jones Group International consulting firm.
gennaio 4, 2011 – Rejoins the Board of Trustees of the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
2012-presente – Chairman of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council.
marzo 20, 2012-presente – Co-chairman of the Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit that helps veterans with job placement and training.
