Joseph
Keith Kellogg Jr. (born in 1944) is a United States government official
and a retired lieutenant general in the United
States Army.[1] He previously
served as the National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, and as the Executive
Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States National Security Council in the first Trump administration. He served as National Security Advisor on an acting basis following the
resignation of Michael T. Flynn. In November 2024,
President-elect Trump selected Kellogg to be his special envoy for Ukraine and
Russia.
Kellogg
was born in Dayton,
Ohio,
the son of Helen (Costello) and Joseph Keith Kellogg. In 1961, he received
his diploma from Long Beach Polytechnic High School. Kellogg was
commissioned into the Army through the Reserve Officers
Training Corps (ROTC) at Santa
Clara University as
an Infantry Officer. During his time in
service, Kellogg earned an M.S. in international affairs from the University
of Kansas.
Kellogg later went on to study senior level management and diplomacy at
the United States Army War College.
During
the Vietnam
War he
served in the 101st
Airborne Division and,
after qualifying as a U.S. Army Special
Forces officer,
as a special
forces adviser
to the Cambodian
Army. It
was during his time in Vietnam that Kellogg earned the Silver Star, Bronze Star with "V" Device, and Air Medal with "V" Device. In 1980, then LTC
Kellogg commanded 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment and became the
first light infantry unit to rotate to the Fort Irwin National Training Center (NTC) located in
the Mojave
Desert.
Kellogg later commanded 3rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division during Operation
Just Cause.
During Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, from 1990 to 1991,
Kellogg served as the Chief of Staff of the 82nd Airborne
Division and
then as its Assistant Division Commander. Kellogg was subsequently selected as
the Commander of Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR). In 1996, he took
command of the 82nd Airborne
Division and
retired from the Army in 2003, as a lieutenant general after serving as J6, Director of Command,
Control, Communications and Computers for U.S. forces under the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
Kellogg
was in the Pentagon during the
attacks on September 11, 2001. Following the crash of American
Airlines Flight 77 into
the Pentagon, Kellogg assumed responsibility of the alternate command post
at Raven
Rock Mountain
Complex with United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.
From
December 2003 to 2004, following his retirement, he held a leading position in
the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). Kellogg was
asked to serve as Chief Operating Officer for the CPA in Baghdad, the transition government of Iraq, after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of
that country and the signing of Coalition Provisional Authority Order 2 which disbanded
the Iraqi Army.
During
this time, Kellogg, with a reputation as an "expediter" known for
cutting through red tape, was tasked with ensuring speed and discipline during
the massive reconstruction process. Following his service with the CPA,
Kellogg was awarded the Department of Defense
Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Following Kellogg's retirement from active
duty, he joined Oracle
Corporation as
an adviser to its homeland security division. He was employed by Cubic Corporation and earlier
by CACI International Inc., since January 2005.
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