- Army Gen. Mark Milley has been confirmed to take over as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the end of September.
- That will make Milley the top uniformed military adviser to the president, and there are some kinds of thinking about the military and about war that Milley wants to dispel.
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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley is a firm believer that a strong military is key in a whole-of-government approach to national security issues.
Still, he cautions, there are Americans who believe some myths about the military.
Here are his four "Myths of War":