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Joseph Dunford
United States Marine Corps general (born 1955)
Joseph Francis Dunford Jr. (born 23 December 1955) is a retired United States Marine Corpsgeneral who served as the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2019. He was the 36th commandant of the Marine Corps. Dunford is the first Marine Corps officer to serve in four different four-star positions; the others include commander of the International Security Assistance Force and United States Forces – Afghanistan from February 2013 to August 2014, and as the thirty-second assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from 23 October 2010 to 15 December 2012. He has commanded several units, including the 5th Marine Regiment during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Early life and education
Dunford was born in Boston on 23 December 1955, and raised in Quincy, Massachusetts. His father served as an enlisted Marine in the Korean War. He is an Irish Catholic and Red Sox fan.
He graduated from Boston College High School in 1973, and from Saint Michael's College in June 1977. He earned his commission the month of his college graduation. He is a graduate of the United States Army War College, Ranger School, United States Army Airborne School, and the Amphibious Warfare School. He holds a master of arts degree in government from Georgetown University and a second master of arts degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Military career
In 1978, Dunford served in the 1st Marine Division as a platoon and company commander in 3rd Battalion 1st Marines and a company commander in 1st Battalion 9th Marines until 1981. He served as the aide to the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, Stephen G. Olmstead, for a year, then transferred to the Officer Assignment Branch at Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, D.C. He reported to the 2nd Ma File:Retired U.S. Sen. John Warner, center left, the Evening Parade guest of honor and a former secretary of the Navy, exchanges greetings with Ellyn Dunford, center right, the wife of U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph 130503-M-LU710-088.jpg
DescriptionRetired U.S. Sen. John Warner, center left, the Evening Parade guest of honor and a former secretary of the Navy, exchanges greetings with Ellyn Dunford, center right, the wife of U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph 130503-M-LU710-088.jpg
USS Bougainville (LHA-8)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Bougainville.
America-class amphibious assault ship
Graphical depiction of USS Bougainville (LHA-8) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Bougainville |
| Namesake | Bougainville Campaign |
| Awarded | 30 June 2016 |
| Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries |
| Laid down | 14 March 2019 |
| Launched | 6 October 2023 |
| Sponsored by | Ellyn Dunford |
| Christened | 2 December 2023 |
| Identification | Hull number: LHA-8 |
| Status | Under construction |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | America-classamphibious assault ship |
| Displacement | 44,971 long tons (45,693 t) |
| Length | 844 ft (257 m) |
| Beam | 106 ft (32 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) (7.9 meters) |
| Propulsion | Two marine gas turbines, two shafts, 70,000 bhp (52,000 kW), two 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion motors. |
| Speed | Over 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | |
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USS Bougainville (LHA-8) is an America-classamphibious assault ship currently under construction for the United States Navy. She will be the second Navy ship to be named Bougainville.
Design
The design of Bougainville is based on USS Makin Island, which is an improved version of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. While Makin Island has a well deck, the earlier two Flight 0 America-class ships USS America and USS Tripoli were designed and built without a well deck to make space for aircraft and aviation fuel.Bougainville will be the first Flight I America-class ship, an
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