Career Martin Dempsey



dempsey talks u.s. marine corps drill instructors in march 2013.


it during time u.s. intervention in iraq changed dramatically fallujah fell sunni extremists , supporters of muqtada al-sadr built strength , rose against american forces. major general dempsey , command assumed responsibility area of operations in baghdad insurgency incubated, grew, , exploded. general dempsey has been described thomas ricks in book fiasco : in capital itself, 1st armored division, after sanchez assumed control of v corps, led maj. gen. martin dempsey, seen handling difficult (and inherited) job well, under global spotlight of baghdad.


on march 27, 2007, lieutenant general dempsey transferred commander of multi-national security transition command-iraq, , reassigned deputy commander of u.s. central command @ macdill air force base, florida.


on february 5, 2008, dempsey nominated head u.s. army, europe/seventh army, , nominated promotion four-star general upon senate approval.


on march 11, 2008, dempsey s commander, admiral william j. fallon, retired active service. u.s. secretary of defense robert gates accepted effective on march 31. dempsey took on command acting commander of central command.


on march 13, 2008, dempsey confirmed united states senate commander, u.s. army, europe/seventh army. however, due, admiral fallon s unexpected retirement, dempsey never took command of u.s. army, europe/seventh army.


on july 11, 2008, dempsey nominated take command of u.s. army training , doctrine command while lieutenant general carter f. ham replaced nomination command u.s. army, europe/seventh army.


on december 8, 2008, dempsey assumed command of united states army training , doctrine command.



dempsey , lt. general benny gantz, chief of general staff of israel defense forces visiting yad vashem holocaust memorial museum in jerusalem, israel, dempsey paid respect memory of holocaust victims on january 20, 2012.


on january 6, 2011, defense secretary robert gates announced recommend president nominate general dempsey succeed general george casey army chief of staff. on february 8, 2011, gates announced president barack obama nominated dempsey 37th chief of staff of united states army. on march 3, 2011, dempsey testified before united states senate committee on armed services, , on march 15, 2011, committee affirmatively reported dempsey s nomination. on march 16, 2011, senate confirmed dempsey s nomination unanimous consent. on april 11, 2011, dempsey sworn in chief of staff of united states army @ ceremony @ fort myer.


with admiral michael mullen set retire chairman of joint chiefs of staff in september 2011, u.s. president obama needed select replacement. vice-chairman, marine general james cartwright, believed front runner job, had fallen out of favor among senior officials in defense department. obama administration officials revealed on may 26, 2011, president nominate dempsey post of chairman. in august 2011, general dempsey confirmed unanimous consent succeed admiral mike mullen next chairman of joint chiefs of staff. sworn in 18th chairman of joint chiefs of staff on october 1, 2011. on june 26, 2013, president barack obama re-nominated general dempsey serve second two-year term chairman. dempsey stepped down on september 25, 2015, , replaced general joseph dunford, usmc.








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