Posted on May 25, 2022
Pentagon Taps Next Commander of U.S. Forces in Africa
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Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has recommended that the White House promote Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley of the Marine Corps to be the next head of the military’s Africa Command, two U.S. officials said, in what would be a pathbreaking assignment.
If formally nominated by the White House and confirmed by the Senate, General Langley would become the first Black four-star Marine Corps officer. He would succeed Gen. Stephen J. Townsend of the Army, who is retiring this summer, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel issues.
General Langley, who oversees Marine forces on the East Coast, has commanded at every level from platoon to regiment during his 37-year career and served overseas in Afghanistan, Somalia and Okinawa. He also has had several senior staff jobs at the Pentagon and at the military’s Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East.
If formally nominated by the White House and confirmed by the Senate, General Langley would become the first Black four-star Marine Corps officer. He would succeed Gen. Stephen J. Townsend of the Army, who is retiring this summer, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel issues.
General Langley, who oversees Marine forces on the East Coast, has commanded at every level from platoon to regiment during his 37-year career and served overseas in Afghanistan, Somalia and Okinawa. He also has had several senior staff jobs at the Pentagon and at the military’s Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East.
Pentagon Taps Next Commander of U.S. Forces in Africa
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Together, the choices by Mr. Biden will revive an open-ended American counterterrorism operation that has amounted to a slow-burn battle by means of three administrations. The transfer stands in distinction to his choice final 12 months to drag American forces from Afghanistan, saying that “it is time to end the forever war.”
A local of Shreveport, La., General Langley graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington and was commissioned in 1985.
“Intelligent and thoughtful,” stated Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., a just lately retired four-star Marine for whom General Langley labored on the Central Command. “Importantly, he was never shy about speaking up if he saw something that needed to be fixed — not afraid to take an unpopular position.”"
..."Together, the choices by Mr. Biden will revive an open-ended American counterterrorism operation that has amounted to a slow-burn battle by means of three administrations. The transfer stands in distinction to his choice final 12 months to drag American forces from Afghanistan, saying that “it is time to end the forever war.”
A local of Shreveport, La., General Langley graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington and was commissioned in 1985.
“Intelligent and thoughtful,” stated Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., a just lately retired four-star Marine for whom General Langley labored on the Central Command. “Importantly, he was never shy about speaking up if he saw something that needed to be fixed — not afraid to take an unpopular position.”"
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