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Father: Lloyd James Austin Jr., Postal Clerk
Mother: Aletia Taylor Austin, housewife
Wedding: Charlene Denise (Banner) Austin (early 1980s-present)
Children: Reginald Hill (stepson); Christopher Hill (stepson)
Training: United States Military Academy, BS, 1975; Auburn University, ME, Consultant Education, 1986; Webster University, MA, Management and Leadership, 1989; War Army College (attended 1996-1997)
Military service: U.S. Army, 1975-2016, four-star general
Other facts
Has achieved many premieres:
- The first African American Secretary of Defense.
- The first African American to serve as the Army Deputy Chief of Staff.
- The first African American to head US Central Command.
- The first African American to lead an army corps in combat.
- The first African American commanding general of a U.S. Army division.
He has received numerous awards for his military service, including five medals for defense services, the Silver Star for valor in combat, and two Legions of Merit.
Has served on a number of boards of directors including Nucor Corporation, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and United Technologies (now known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation after a merger in 2020).
Member of the Boards of Trustees of Auburn University and Carnegie Corporation of New York.
A high school athlete, he was the captain of his college basketball team.
Timeline
1975 – Austin will serve as a lieutenant in the US Army after graduating from West Point. For the next 20 years he held a number of management positions and was stationed at bases in North Carolina, Indianapolis, New York, Germany and Panama.
1997-1999 – Commandant, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
1999-2001 – Chief, Joint Operations Division, J-3, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC
2001-2003 – Deputy Division Commander, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.
2003-2005 – Commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. Includes Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.
2005-2006 – Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command, Unified Combat Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
2006-2009 – Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps and Commander, Multi-National Corps; Operation Iraqi Freedom.
2009-2010 – Director’s Office, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Washington, DC
2010 – He is promoted to four-star general.
2010-2011 – Commanding General, U.S. Forces Iraq, U.S. Central Command, Operation New Dawn.
January 31, 2012-March 2013 – U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff.December 6, 2012 – Nominated by President Barack Obama as 12th Commander of the US Central Command.
March 2013-March 2016 – Commander, US Central Command.
April 5, 2016 – Withdrawal from the military.
2016 – Austin Strategy Group, LLC founded. with Austin as owner and president. Later stated in a filing by the U.S. Department of Government Ethics that advisory business will remain dormant after he is confirmed as Secretary of Defense in 2021.
September 2020 – January 22, 2021 – Partner at the investment firm Pine Island Capital Partners.
December 8, 2020 – President-elect Joe Biden appoints Austin in a comment published by Atlantic on his candidate for Secretary of Defense.January 19, 2021 – The hearing of the Senate Armed Forces Committee takes place. Austin raised concerns about a retired general holding the highest civilian post in the Pentagon: “If confirmed, I will carry out the Department of Defense’s mission, always to deter wars and keep our nation safe, and I will become the principle of civilian control of the military as intended. “He also promises to fight to rid the department of” racists and extremists “.January 21, 2021 – Both houses of Congress approve a waiver of Austin as Secretary of Defense as the law requires a Secretary of Defense to wait seven years from active service before assuming the position. This is the second such waiver. The first was awarded to James Mattis in 2017.January 22, 2021 – The Senate confirmed Austin as the first African-American Secretary of Defense with 93-2 votes.February 2, 2021 – Austin fires hundreds of members from 42 Pentagon advisory boards as the Pentagon announces a review of board memberships. These members, appointed by the Pentagon, also include late nominations from the Donald Trump administration.February 2, 2021 – Austin is ordering a staggered suspension of operations throughout the US military so commanders can have “talks” with military personnel on the issue of extremism for the next 60 days, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced.February 16, 2021 – Writes a Washington Post to emphasize that under the Biden administration, the US again fully supports NATO and the US’s traditional role in defending Europe.March 21, 2021 – Travels to Afghanistan for his first visit to the country as the United States’ chief defense officer and meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other officials.Apr 30, 2021 – In his first major political speech, Austin emphasized the importance of new technology and the rapid increase in computing power to lead the military into the future, and outlined a vision of warfare that is very different from that of the “last of the old wars” of the past two decades have been fought.June 22, 2021 – Austin announces that it will recommend a change in military justice to President Biden to take the prosecution of sexual assault out of the hands of commanders.
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