{"id":57722,"date":"2019-03-19T17:42:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T17:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/19\/this-is-what-mattis-will-be-up-to-post-pentagon-job\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:17:40","slug":"this-is-what-mattis-will-be-up-to-post-pentagon-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/03\/19\/this-is-what-mattis-will-be-up-to-post-pentagon-job\/","title":{"rendered":"This is what Mattis will be up to post-Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/12\/20\/read-defense-secretary-mattis-resignation-letter\/\" target=_blank>Jim Mattis<\/a> is returning to his previous role with the Hoover Institution \u2014 a think tank located on Stanford University\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis will be researching and writing about domestic and international security policy, as well as participating in military and national security events in California and Washington, the think tank said in a press release Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have long relied on the work of Hoover to supplement my understanding of the critical challenges facing our country and to help guide tough decisions,&#8221; Mattis said in the press release. \u201cI believe we have an obligation to pass on the lessons we\u2019ve learned so that future generations can study, learn and become better. Hoover has made this part of its mission, and I look forward to returning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/05\/mattis-to-spicer-ive-killed-people-for-a-living-if-you-call-me-again-im-going-to-f-king-send-you-to-afghanistan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18038687404841.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Mattis to Spicer: \u2018I\u2019ve killed people for a living. If you call me again, I\u2019m going to f&#8211;king send you to Afghanistan\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">According to one passage in Bob Woodward&#039;s new book, an exasperated Mattis lashed out at former Press Secretary Sean Spicer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis will serve as the Davies Family Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He previously served as the Davies Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow until being confirmed as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2016\/12\/12\/mattis-could-be-defense-secretary-as-early-as-inauguration-day\/\" target=_blank>26th secretary of defense <\/a>in January 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe wealth of knowledge and experience of an already extraordinary career has been made even richer by General Mattis\u2019 latest endeavor as secretary of defense, and we are fortunate to once again be beneficiaries of his acumen,&#8221; said Tom Gilligan, director of the Hoover Institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne can find no one more universally respected for his honor, character, and relentless commitment to safeguarding American ideals than Jim Mattis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/03\/03\/trump-claims-he-coined-the-nickname-mad-dog-mattis\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19061749950959.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump claims he coined the nickname \u2018Mad Dog\u2019 Mattis<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Mattis \u2014 who preferred the call sign &quot;Chaos&quot; \u2014 has been fighting the &quot;Mad Dog&quot; moniker for at least 15 years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis completed a 43-year career as an infantry Marine, in addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/12\/20\/mattis-out-defense-secretary-says-his-views-no-longer-aligned-with-trump\/\" target=_blank>his tenure as a DoD civilian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He led an assault battalion in Operation Desert Storm, commanded troops against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan and served during the invasion of Iraq and subsequent stability operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis commanded U.S. Joint Forces Command, NATO\u2019s Supreme Allied Command for Transformation and U.S. Central Command as a general. 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