James L. Jones
✓ Source-basedrisingUnited States Marine Corps Commandant and National Security Advisor
James Logan Jones Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general and consultant who served as the 21st United States national security advisor from 2009 to 2010.
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Jones visits Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in January 2002, wearing an early version of the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform in woodland MARPAT
Change of Command ceremony, January 13, 2003. SgtMajMC Alford McMichael (left) salutes as General Jones (center) relinquishes command to General Michael Hagee (right)
Jones examines an early MCCUU/MARPAT prototype during its testing phases
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz and Jones at press conference announcing Jones as EUCOM Commander
Jones shakes hands with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai.
Interior of a VH-3D Sea King Marine One transporting President Obama and Gen JonesTeams 1
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Larry WilcoxAlso won Vietnam Campaign Medal
Mark T. EsperAlso won Kuwait Liberation Medal
Óscar CarmonaAlso won Grand Cross of the Military Order of Avis
Bogdan BorusewiczAlso won Commander's Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
Raoul SalanAlso won Gallantry Cross
Gary GordonAlso won Humanitarian Service MedalAbout this person
James Logan Jones Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general and consultant who served as the 21st United States national security advisor from 2009 to 2010. During his military career, he served as the 32nd commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003, and commander, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2003 to 2006. Jones retired from the Marine Corps on February 1, 2007, after 40 years of service.
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