奧巴馬將任命鄧福德爲參謀長聯席會議主席

U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to name Marine General Joseph Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday, replacing Army General Martin Dempsey as the nation's top uniformed military advisor.

Dunford currently serves as the Marine's commanding officer, a post he assumed just late last year. The 59-year Dunford previously served as commander of all U.S. and international coalition forces in Afghanistan from 2013 to 2014, overseeing the ongoing withdrawal of U.S. forces and hand over security operations to Afghan forces. He also led Marines' combat team during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, earning him the nickname "Fighting Joe."

Dunford, a native of Boston, was first commissioned as a Marine officer in 1977. He would be only the second Marine to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, following now-retired General Peter Pace, who held the post from 2005 to 2007.預計美國總統奧巴馬星期二將任命海軍陸戰隊的約瑟夫·鄧福德將軍接替陸軍的鄧普西將軍，擔任參謀長聯席會議主席。

鄧福德目前擔任海軍陸戰隊司令，他去年年底剛剛就任這一職位。從2013年至2014年，現年59歲的鄧福德曾擔任駐阿富汗美軍及國際聯軍司令，負責實施美軍撤離阿富汗以及向阿富汗軍隊移交安全職責等項任務。在美國軍隊2003年攻入伊拉克的行動中，鄧福德負責指揮海軍陸戰隊作戰，被人稱爲“好鬥的喬。”

鄧福德是波士頓人，1977年開始擔任海軍陸戰隊軍官。繼現已退役的佩斯將軍之後，鄧福德將是第二位擔任參謀長聯席會議主席的海軍陸戰隊將領。佩斯於2005年至2007年擔任這一職位。