General Martin E. Dempsey U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Biography View

SGT John " Mac " McConnell thanks for posting, he is one of my favorite Generals. Sweet indeed!

I had the honor of working directly for General Martin Dempsey twice, when he was the commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I) and I was the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) CSM (2006 - 2007) and again when he was the commander of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and I was the 108th Training Command (Initial Entry Training) CSM (2007 - 2011).

Thanks for sharing the biography of General Martin E. Dempsey who served as the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff SGT John " Mac " McConnell. He had a stellar career and appears to have been a great father to his three children: Chris, Megan, and Caitlin. The fact that each has served in the United States Army is striking it itself.
I was interested to learn that he graduated from USMA at West Point in the year I enlisted in the US Army 1974. I graduated 6 years after he did so I never interacted with him while he was at the U.S. Military Academy.