Austin Lloyd

Date of Birth: 08.08.1953

Lloyd James Austin III - U.S. Secretary of Defense, retired General of the U.S. Army, Commander of U.S. Central Command in Iraq and Afghanistan (2013-2016).

Austin has served for over 40 years in the U.S. Army. He was the first African American officer to command a combat division. He was also the first African American general to lead operations across an entire theater of war (in the Middle East). Austin was the first African American in history to lead the Pentagon.

Birthplace. Education. Lloyd James Austin III was born on August 8, 1953, in Mobile, Alabama, and grew up in Thomasville, Georgia. In June 1975, he graduated from the United States Military Academy (West Point) with a Bachelor of Science. In 1986, he earned a Master of Arts in Education from Auburn University and a Master of Business Administration from Webster University. He received his military training at various U.S. Army officer schools.

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Military Career. He began his military career as a lieutenant and company commander in the 3rd Mechanized Division in Germany. He held various positions, including company commander of the intelligence platoon, company commander of fire support of the 508th Parachute Regiment in the 82nd Airborne Division, and assistant to the deputy operations chief of the 1st Infantry Brigade.

In 1981, he was transferred to Indianapolis, where he served as an operations officer in U.S. Army recruiting management and later was appointed battalion commander in the U.S. Army.

He taught tactics at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He continued his education at the Army Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, before being assigned to the 10th Mountain Division. He held various leadership positions.

From 1993 to 1994, he commanded the 2nd Parachute Regiment of the 82nd Division and was appointed commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Division after his graduation from the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He then served as the head of the planning department of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In 2003, the U.S. intervened in Iraq. Austin was the deputy commander of the 3rd Infantry Division and organized the deployment of troops to Iraq in March of that same year. A few weeks later, the division was moved to Kuwait and led coalition forces in the operation that resulted in the overthrow of the Hussein government. The first brigade of the division seized Baghdad International Airport, and the second brigade stormed the center of the Iraqi capital and played a major role in the operation.

From September 2003 to August 2005, Austin served as the commander of the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan. During this time, his division conducted three well-known military operations to locate, capture, and eliminate Taliban members. The air brigade division was at that time the only one in Afghanistan and supported all U.S. military forces in the country. They were responsible for air support, medical evacuation, and tasks against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The 10th Mountain Division was the first unit to deploy service dogs in Afghanistan.

From September 2005 to October 2006, he was Chief of Staff of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.

On December 8, 2006, Lloyd Austin was promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed commander of the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

In August 2009, he assumed the position of Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In February 2008, he was appointed Commander of the Multinational Corps in Iraq, overseeing 152,000 coalition troops under his command.

From September 1, 2010, to December 18, 2011, he commanded all U.S. forces in Iraq until U.S. forces were completely withdrawn from the country.

From December 14, 2011, to January 31, 2012, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.

From March 22, 2013, to 2016, he was the head of U.S. Central Command in Iraq and Afghanistan.

After leaving military service, he held positions on the boards of directors of several companies, including Raytheon Technologies and Nucor.

On December 8, 2020, President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, appointed Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense by decree.

On January 22, the U.S. Senate confirmed Lloyd Austin's nomination as Secretary of Defense. Lloyd Austin became the first African American in history to lead the Pentagon.

10.06.2023