28 minutes agoBiden nominated Kosovo war veteran as Central Command chief
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)President Joe Biden is appointing Army General Michael Kurilla to lead the US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, the Pentagon announced on Friday. If confirmed by the Senate, General Curilla will succeed Navy General Kenneth McKenzie, at the helm of Centcom, who oversees military operations in Iraq, [...]
If confirmed by the Senate, General Curilla will succeed Navy General Kenneth McKenzie, at the helm of Centcom, who oversees military operations in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen.
According to his official biography, Kurilla, 55, currently heads the 18th Air Corps, which groupes most of the United States military response forces at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
A West Point graduate, he fought in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he was severely wounded by a firearm during an attack in Mosul in 2005. Kurilla also held responsibility in the U.S. Army General Staff and commanded the prestigious 82nd Parachuta Division, known for participating in the Normandi delegations in 1944, Klankosova follows. tv
The American Army is organized into geographical command such as Africa's Africa or Eucom for Europe, but also by issues like strategic command (Stratecom), responsible for the country's nuclear weapons, or Spacecom, which is at the helm of space.
