Keith Kellogg

Keith Kellogg
Personal details
Born (1944-05-12) May 12, 1944
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Political party Republican
Alma mater Santa Clara University (BA)
University of Kansas,
Lawrence
(MS)

Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr., known as Keith Kellogg, is a retired officer in the United States Army. President-elect Donald J. Trump put Kellogg in charge of the presidential transition agency action team for defense.[1] He was named a foreign policy advisor to then presidential candidate Trump in March 2016.[2]

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Kellogg was commissioned into the Army through ROTC at Santa Clara University. During the Vietnam War he served in the 101st Airborne Division and as a special forces adviser to the Cambodian Army.[3] In 1996 he took command of the 82nd Airborne Division. Later rising to the rank of Lieutenant General, from 2003 to 2004 he held a leading position in the Coalition Provisional Authority.[4][3] Kellogg served as chief operating officer for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, the transition government of Iraq, after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of that country.[5] Following Kellogg's retirement from active duty, he joined Oracle Corporation as an adviser to its homeland security division.[6]

Kellogg is married. His wife, Paige, is a former U.S. Army officer who served during the 1983 Invasion of Grenada.[3]

References

  1. Romm, Tony (9 November 2016). "New details emerge on Trump transition organization". Politico. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. Rappeport, Alan (22 March 2016). "Top Experts Confounded by Advisers to Donald Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Cuningham, Henry (28 November 1996). "KELLOGG ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE 82ND". Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. Ryan, Missy (9 November 2016). "With Trump as commander in chief, 'America is in uncharted territory'". Washington Post. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  5. Ryan, Missy; Mufson, Steven (22 March 2016). "One of Trump's foreign policy advisers is a 2009 college grad who lists Model UN as a credential". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. "Oracle exec flies out to Iraq to help with rebuilding". Computer Weekly. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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