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John Francis Kelly has been officially been sworn in by President Donald Trump has his second Chief of Staff. Kelly had previously served as United States Secretary of Homeland Security for the Trump administration.
Kelly, born May 11, 1950, is a retired United States Marine Corps general who was first drafted to fight in Vietnam. Kelly, who was born and raised in Boston, hitchhiked to Washington State and rode the trains back, including a freight-hop from Seattle to Chicago, before the age of 16.
Kelly is the former commander of United States Southern Command, the Unified Combatant Command responsible for American military operations in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
In addition to his military career, Kelly has served as a board member, advisor, and/or independent contractor for defense lobbying firms, including DynCorp, Flatter and Associates, and Beacon Global Strategies. Records indicate that Kelly has received nearly $200,000 from DynCorp.
On July 31, 2017, Kelly was sworn in as President Donald Trump’s second Chief of Staff, following the dismissal of Reince Priebus.
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1980-2000
In 1980, Kelly attended the U.S. Army’s Infantry Officer Advanced Course at Fort Benning, Georgia was assigned to Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, D.C. after graduation. Kelly served there from 1981 through 1984 as an assignment monitor. He then returned to the Second Marine Division in 1984, to command a rifle and weapons company.
In 1987, Kelly was promoted to major and then served as a battalion operations officer.
Also in 1987, Kelly transferred to the Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, serving first as the head of the Offensive Tactics Section, Tactics Group, and later assuming the duties of the Director of the Infantry Officer Course. After three years of instructing young officers, he attended the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the School for Advanced Warfare, both located at Quantico
Completing duty under instruction and selected for lieutenant colonel, he was assigned as commanding officer, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (1st LAR), 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California. During his tenure, 1st LAR was called in to provide augmentation support for police in the city of Long Beach, California during the Los Angeles riots of 1992.
In 1994, Kelly attended the National War College in Washington, D.C. He graduated in 1995 and was selected to serve as the Commandant’s Liaison Officer to the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1999, Kelly transferred to joint duty and served as the special assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, in Mons, Belgium.
2000-2015
In 2002, Kelly served with the 1st Marine Division as the assistant division commander.
In March 2003, while in Iraq, Kelly was promoted to brigadier general, which was the first known promotion of a Marine Corps colonel in an active combat zone since January 1951.
In April 2003, Kelly took command of the newly formed Task Force Tripoli and drove it north from Baghdad into Samarra and Tikrit.
In January 2007 Kelly was nominated for major general and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 11, 2007.
On February 9, 2008 Kelly assumed command of the Multi-National Force–West in Iraq, replacing Major General Walter E. Gaskin, and returned to the United States in February 2009.
Kelly took over as commander of U.S. Southern Command on November 19, 2012.
2016-Present
On December 7, 2016, then President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security.
On January 20, 2017, Kelly was confirmed as Secretary of Homeland Security by the United States Senate
Trump appointed Kelly to the post of White House Chief of Staff on July 28, 2017, replacing Reince Priebus.
2018
American Government Official and Retired General, John Kelly will ensure his continued and undying support for the American President Donald Trump this year as well.
2019
According to a new memoir by a former Trump communications aide, John Kelly introduced himself to staff members with a speech that was “potentially hostile” to Donald Trump.
