Difference between revisions of "George Joulwan"

From Wikispooks
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (Text replacement - " also served as " to " was also ")
m (Text replacement - " served as " to " was ")
Line 40: Line 40:
 
=== White House ===
 
=== White House ===
 
[[File:White House staff contemplate after Richard Nixon resignation.jpg|thumb|222x222px|Major George Joulwan (Seated, far left) while serving as special assistant to The [[White House Chief of Staff]] General [[Alexander Haig]] at Haig's office in the [[White House]] with [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Henry Kissinger]], August 8, 1974.|alt=]]
 
[[File:White House staff contemplate after Richard Nixon resignation.jpg|thumb|222x222px|Major George Joulwan (Seated, far left) while serving as special assistant to The [[White House Chief of Staff]] General [[Alexander Haig]] at Haig's office in the [[White House]] with [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Henry Kissinger]], August 8, 1974.|alt=]]
Joulwan served as special assistant to General Alexander Haig while still a Major within the U.S. Army, when Haig was White House Chief of Staff from May 4, 1973 – September 21, 1974.<ref>Haig, Alexander (September 1, 1992). Inner Circles: How America Changed the World : A Memoir. </ref>
+
Joulwan was special assistant to General Alexander Haig while still a Major within the U.S. Army, when Haig was White House Chief of Staff from May 4, 1973 – September 21, 1974.<ref>Haig, Alexander (September 1, 1992). Inner Circles: How America Changed the World : A Memoir. </ref>
  
 
=== National leadership ===
 
=== National leadership ===

Revision as of 15:00, 1 July 2023

Person.png George Joulwan  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
George A. Joulwan, 1997.jpeg
Born1939-11-16
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Alma materUnited States Military Academy, Army War College, Loyola University
Supreme Allied Commander Europe and other significant commands, but CV lacking details of what he did.

Employment.png Supreme Allied Commander Europe

In office
22 Oct 1993 - 11 Jul 1997
EmployerNATO
Preceded byJohn Shalikashvili
Succeeded byWesley Clark
General George Joulwan visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina during his tenure as Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

George Alfred Joulwan is a retired United States Army general who served for 36 years. He finished his military career as the Commander-in-Chief, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander (SACEUR) in 1997.[1]

Unusually for a Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Joulwan is not known to have attended the Bilderberg group, but he still has significant deep state ties, including as special assistant to The White House Chief of Staff General Alexander Haig, involvement in the War on Drugs, and as board member of Emergent BioSolutions.

As the Supreme Allied Commander, he conducted over 20 operations in the Balkans, Africa, and the Middle East.[1] When the United States sent forces into Bosnia in the 1990s, General Joulwan played the leading role in planning the operation.[2]

As SACEUR, General Joulwan created a strategic policy for the United States military engagement in Africa, which was the first time in U.S. history that such a policy had been crafted.[1]

General Joulwan sits on the board of directors of Emergent BioSolutions, a biotechnology company, after a referral to the post by Allen Shofe, an executive at Emergent.[3]

Military career

George Joulwan earned his college degree at the United States Military Academy at West Point.[1] Later in his career, General Joulwan earned a master's degree from Loyola University (Chicago) in political science.[3]

Vietnam

General Joulwan served from June 1966 to November 1967 and from June 1971 to January 1972 in Vietnam. He attended the Army War College, and served on the Staff and Faculty until 1979. He commanded the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), from June 1979 to September 1981, when he became Chief of Staff, 3rd Infantry Division.

White House

Major George Joulwan (Seated, far left) while serving as special assistant to The White House Chief of Staff General Alexander Haig at Haig's office in the White House with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, August 8, 1974.

Joulwan was special assistant to General Alexander Haig while still a Major within the U.S. Army, when Haig was White House Chief of Staff from May 4, 1973 – September 21, 1974.[4]

National leadership

He served in various functions at the Pentagon from 1982 until June 1986, when he became the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, United States Army Europe and U.S. Seventh Army, Germany.

In March 1988 he was given command of the 3rd Armored Division and in 1989 he became Commanding General, U.S. V Corps.

From November 1990 until October 1993 he was Commander in Chief of United States Southern Command, where he was involved in the War on Drugs and training and arming South American militaries.

He was the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) from 1993 to 1997, when he was succeeded by General Wesley Clark.

Post-military career

General Joulwan sits on the board of directors of Emergent BioSolutions, a biotechnology company, after a referral to the post by Allen Shofe, an executive at Emergent.[3]

His other post-military positions have included:[3]

He has was also a military analyst for Fox News Channel. Notably, he appeared on Fox News Sunday a few weeks after September 11, 2001, with White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card and Senate Armed Forces chairman Carl Levin to discuss his experience in war planning and the American military's planning with regards to Afghanistan.[2]


Bilderberg

Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


References