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Joe Dunford as chairman during the annual Army\/Navy game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Army Gen. Mark Milley is expected to be announced as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Saturday, multiple news outlets are reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley, the Army\u2019s top uniformed officer, will be named by President Donald Trump as his pick to succeed Marine Gen. Joe Dunford as chairman during the annual Army-Navy game. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/12\/07\/is-trump-about-to-announce-a-new-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs\/\" target=_blank>teased such an announcement<\/a> during a brief statement to press on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A source with knowledge of the discussions over the last month said that Trump had met with both Milley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, as part of the interview process. Both Dunford and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis favored Goldfein for the job, the source said, but Trump has been impressed with Milley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A second source added that Milley\u2019s interview was very impressive for the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In theory, the chairmanship is supposed to rotate among the services, which would have set up Goldfein as the leading nominee. The Air Force has had the longest gap between having a chairman from their ranks \u2014 the last one was Gen. Richard Myers, who served from 2001 to 2005. Some analysts believed putting in someone from the Air Force would also make sense, given the focus on space and high technology coming from the Pentagon at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, it may be that the administration picks an Air Force general as vice chairman, a role often seen as more focused on technology and capabilities than the chairman. 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He also has zeroed in on key modernization efforts to prepare the force for the next war \u2014 including boosting the Army\u2019s long-range precision fires capabilities, developing next-generation combat vehicles and leap-ahead personal weapons for combat troops, and improving the service\u2019s networks and air and missile defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Michelle Tan with Military Times contributed to this report<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Army chief of staff is expected to be named as the top officer in the 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