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Mattis was commissioned in the Marine Corps through the [[Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps]] after graduating from [[Central Washington University]]. A career Marine, he gained a reputation among his peers for "intellectualism," and eventually advanced to the rank of general. From 2007 to 2010 he commanded the [[United States Joint Forces Command]] and concurrently served as [[NATO]]'s [[Allied Command Transformation|Supreme Allied Commander Transformation]]. He was Commander of [[United States Central Command]] from 2010 to 2013 with Admiral Bob Harward serving as his Deputy Commander, and Jill Kelley as his military Ambassador<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/jill-kelley-e-mails-depict-a-striving-tampa-socialite-and-a-smitten-military-brass/2015/02/03/ef8cb06c-a800-11e4-a06b-9df2002b86a0_story.html?noredirect=on</ref>. After retiring from the military, he served in several private sector roles, including as a board member of [[Theranos]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/3/16/17124288/mattis-theranos-board-trump|title=James Mattis is linked to a massive corporate fraud and nobody wants to talk about it|last=Yglesias|first=Matthew|date=March 16, 2018|website=Vox|access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref>
Mattis was nominated as Secretary of Defense by President-elect [[Donald Trump]], and confirmed by the Senate on January 20, 2017. He needed a waiver from Congress to allow his nomination to be considered, as he had only been separated from the military for three years and U.S. federal law requires at least seven years of retirement for former military personnel to be appointed Secretary of Defense.<ref name="WaPo confirmation" /> As Secretary of Defense, Mattis affirmed the United States' commitment to defending longtime ally [[South Korea]] in the wake of the [[2017–18 North Korea crisis|2017 North Korea crisis]].<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/world/asia/james-mattis-us-korea-thaad.html |title=James Mattis, in South Korea, Tries to Reassure an Ally |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 2, 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108153812/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/world/asia/james-mattis-us-korea-thaad.html?_r=0 |archive-date=November 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name="aljazeera.com">{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/warns-north-korea-nuclear-attack-170203034440571.html |title=US warns North Korea against nuclear attack |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204092355/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/warns-north-korea-nuclear-attack-170203034440571.html |archive-date=February 4, 2017 |work=Al Jazeera |date=February 3, 2017}}</ref> An opponent of proposed collaboration with [[China]] and [[Russia]],<ref name="baldor">{{cite news |url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mattis-us-ready-collaborate-militarily-russia-45531272|title=Mattis: US not ready to collaborate militarily with Russia |last=Baldor |first=Lolita |date=February 16, 2017 |publisher=ABC News |agency=Associated Press|accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref> Mattis stressed what he saw as their "threat to the American-led world order".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/amp/2386071002|title=Donald Trump disputes departing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis over Russia, China|last=Jackson|first=David|date=December 21, 2018|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=December 23, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Press TV">"{{cite news |url=http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/01/13/506051/James-Mattis-Defense-Department-Donald-Trump-Vladimir-Putin |title=US needs to be ready to confront Russia: Trump's Pentagon pick |publisher= Press TV |date=January 13, 2017}}</ref> Mattis occasionally voiced his disagreement with certain Trump administration policies, opposing the proposed withdrawal from the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|Iran nuclear deal]]<ref name="Washington Examiner">{{cite news |last1=McIntyre |first1=Jamie |title=Mattis: Iran is the biggest threat to Mideast peace |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mattis-iran-is-the-biggest-threat-to-mideast-peace/article/2589267 |accessdate=December 2, 2016 |work=[[Washington Examiner]] |date=April 22, 2016}}</ref> and budget cuts that hamper the ability to [[climate security|monitor the impacts of climate change]].<ref name="Union of Concerned Scientists">{{cite web |url=http://blog.ucsusa.org/shana-udvardy/secretary-of-defense-james-mattis-the-lone-climate-change-soldier-in-this-administrations-cabinet |title=Secretary of Defense James Mattis: The Lone Climate Change Soldier in this Administration's Cabinet |year=2017 |publisher=Union of Concerned Scientists}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2018/01/31/climate-change-extreme-weather-military-defense-department-trump-global-warming-wildfires-droughts/1079278001/ |title=Climate change, extreme weather already threaten 50% of U.S. military sites |work=USA Today |date= January 31, 2018}}</ref>
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