Mark Milley
20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 39th Chief of Staff of the Army
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| January 29 2025 | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suspended Milley's security clearance, withdrew his security detail authorization, and initiated a review of his actions as Chair of the Joint Chiefs with potential demotion considerations. |
| January 21 2025 | At midnight (January 20-21), former President Trump announced on Truth Social that he was firing Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council. |
| January 20 2025 | After Trump's inauguration, Mark Milley's official portrait was removed from the Pentagon corridor displaying portraits of former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairs, with workers patching and painting the wall the next day following an apparent White House order. |
| January 20 2025 | President Biden preemptively pardoned Mark Milley for potential future prosecution from the incoming Trump administration. |
| January 20 2025 | Mark Milley's official portrait as the former Joint Chiefs chair was removed from the Pentagon hours after Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of the United States. |
| January 15 2025 | Representative Derrick Van Orden publicly called for Mark Milley to be court-martialed on a right-wing radio show, accusing him of politicizing the Department of Defense. |
| 2024 | In 2024, Mark Milley expressed his fears of being court-martialed if Trump were to be reelected. During this time, he referred to Trump as the 'most dangerous person ever' and labeled him a 'fascist to the core'. |
| November 5 2024 | Donald Trump was reelected as president of the United States. |
| October 25 2024 | On 25 October 2024, during a podcast with Joe Rogan, Donald Trump claimed that Milley stated 'It's cheaper to leave it' regarding the military equipment left behind in Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal. |
| August 5 2024 | Mark Milley co-authored an article titled 'America Isn't Ready for the Wars of the Future' published in Foreign Affairs. |
| February 2024 | Mark Milley became a senior adviser to JPMorgan Chase bank. |
| February 2024 | Milley joined the Harry Walker Agency, a speakers' agency. |
| February 2024 | Milley was appointed the Charles and Marie Robertson visiting professor and lecturer at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs, a position he will hold until June 2025. |
| February 2024 | Mark Milley joined the faculties of Georgetown University as a distinguished fellow in residence with the Security Studies Program in the School of Foreign Service. |
| September 2023 | In September 2023, Mark Milley responded to accusations made by Trump, who stated that Milley's call to Chinese authorities following the storming of the United States Capitol attack was 'an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH'. Milley asserted he would take appropriate measures to ensure his and his family's safety. |
| September 30 2023 | Mark Milley's tenure as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff concluded. |
| September 29 2023 | Mark Milley ceremonially relinquished office as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to General Charles Q. Brown Jr. |
| February 2023 | Mark Milley stated that Russia had lost 'strategically, operationally and tactically' in the Russo-Ukrainian War and was 'paying an enormous price on the battlefield.' |
| 2022 | Mark Milley urged Russia and Ukraine to find a 'political solution' to the Russo-Ukrainian War, stating that the war was unwinnable by purely military means. |
| 2022 | Mark Milley's draft of a highly critical resignation letter to President Trump was published. |
| 2021 | In September 2021, the book 'Peril' was published by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, which detailed that after the election, Milley became aware of a Trump military order to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by 15 January 2021. The order was reportedly written by Trump loyalists without consulting national security officials, raising concerns of a potential right-wing coup. |
| September 2021 | In late September 2021, during hearings before both the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, Milley described the withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuation from Kabul as 'a logistical success but a strategic failure', while rejecting calls for his resignation. |
| September 29 2021 | During hearings before the Senate and House Armed Services committees, Milley stated he did not intend to undermine Trump with his calls to China and that he was acting on instructions to de-escalate the situation. |
| September 28 2021 | Milley testified before a congressional hearing, defending his calls to the Chinese military counterpart as routine and within his duties, and emphasizing that he was acting to de-escalate tensions. |
| September 28 2021 | On 28 September 2021, Mark Milley testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he denied claims made in the book 'Peril' that he had agreed with Nancy Pelosi in a call that Trump was 'crazy'. He asserted that he was 'not qualified to determine the mental health of the president of the United States'. |
| September 28 2021 | Milley testified at a congressional hearing that both calls to General Li were coordinated with the staffs of then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper and acting Secretary Christopher C. Miller after they were made. |
| August 26 2021 | Following a suicide bombing at Kabul Airport on 26 August 2021, which resulted in the deaths of 183 people, including 13 U.S. service members, calls for the resignation of Milley and other key officials were made by Republican senators and House members. |
| August 15 2021 | On 15 August 2021, the Taliban captured Kabul, leading to an international airlift of civilians from Kabul International Airport, which was temporarily controlled by U.S. and NATO forces. |
| July 21 2021 | On 21 July 2021, Milley reported that half of all districts in Afghanistan were under Taliban control, indicating a shift in momentum towards the Taliban during the final days of U.S. troop withdrawal. |
| June 2021 | An Associated Press investigation revealed 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen in the past decade, with Milley expressing shock and considering systematic improvements in firearm tracking. |
| June 30 2021 | On 30 June 2021, former President Trump suggested that Mark Milley should resign, implying Milley was unwilling to defend the military against what he termed 'Leftist Radicals'. This remark came in response to Milley's defense of studying critical race theory and an alleged shouting match between Milley and Trump regarding military involvement in the US race protests. |
| June 23 2021 | On 23 June 2021, Mark Milley expressed to Congressman Matt Gaetz that he found it offensive for the U.S. military to be characterized as 'woke' due to the inclusion of critical race theory in West Point's curriculum. He highlighted his desire to understand the causes of the Capitol insurrection by stating, 'What is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the Constitution of the United States of America?' |
| April 2021 | In an interview, Milley characterized the military's reaction to events around the inauguration as 'sprint speed' and 'super fast', which was later disputed by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. |
| April 2 2021 | In an interview, Milley claimed the military's reaction to the Capitol events was 'sprint speed' and 'super fast', though this was disputed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. |
| January 2021 | Upon the inauguration of Joe Biden as president, Mark Milley was invited to remain in his position as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which he accepted. |
| January 12 2021 | On this date, Mark Milley and the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a statement condemning the storming of the U.S. Capitol and reminded service members of their duty to uphold the Constitution and reject extremism. |
| January 8 2021 | Following the 2021 United States Capitol attack, Milley again called General Li, emphasizing that the U.S. was steady despite appearances and reiterating that the government was under control. |
| January 6 2021 | Mark Milley expressed concerns that Trump was preparing to stage a coup following the 2020 election results, stating that attempts to overturn the election would not succeed without the military, CIA, and FBI. |
| December 2020 | In December 2020, Mark Milley met with the Taliban in Doha to arrange peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, advocating for the continued presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to prevent future terrorist attacks. |
| November 2020 | Mark Milley became concerned about potential attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election after Trump's defeat, reportedly discussing possible ways to prevent a potential coup with his deputies. |
| November 2020 | During the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Hollyanne Haas administered CPR to a veteran who had collapsed, saving his life. |
| October 30 2020 | Mark Milley called General Li Zuocheng of China to reassure him that the American government was stable and that the U.S. would not attack China, stating, 'If we're going to attack, I'm going to call you ahead of time.' |
| July 9 2020 | Mark Milley, along with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, testified before the House Armed Services Committee regarding the military's role in the George Floyd protests. |
| June 11 2020 | Mark Milley apologized for his presence at the St. John's Church incident in a video recorded as his commencement address at the National Defense University, explaining that his presence created a perception of military involvement in domestic politics. |
| June 1 2020 | During the protests in Washington, D.C., following the murder of George Floyd, Mark Milley walked with President Trump in combat uniform from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church after federal officers used tear gas to disperse protestors, leading to significant criticism from former military officers. |
| December 18 2019 | Mark Milley met with Russian military chief of staff Valery Gerasimov in Bern, Switzerland, continuing efforts to maintain open communication with Russia. |
| December 16 2019 | Mark Milley attended the 75th anniversary commemorations of the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. |
| October 1 2019 | Mark Milley became the 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appointed by President Donald Trump. |
| September 30 2019 | Mark Milley was appointed as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a position he held until 30 September 2023. |
| August 2019 | The U.S. Army War College report commissioned by Mark Milley was released, detailing potential crises such as blackouts, disease, and increasing civil and military conflicts due to climate change. |
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