Topic: Joint Chiefs Chairman To Visit Camp Pendleton

San Diego Union-Tribune
February 19, 2008 By Rick Rogers
CAMP PENDLETON -- Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will visit Camp Pendleton today to tour a new infantry training program and confer with base officials.
Mullen, 61, is a native of Los Angeles and a 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.
On Oct. 1, he became the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He serves as the principal military adviser to the president, defense secretary, National Security Council and Homeland Security Council.
This is Mullen's first visit to Camp Pendleton since the Senate confirmed him as joint chiefs chairman.