Retired Gen. Mark Milley Announces New Job
Retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, who retired from his position as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff late last year, has announced his new job — teaching young Americans about “national security.”
Milley has accepted teaching positions at two top universities — his alma mater, Princeton University, as well as Georgetown University. According to Axios, he will be teaching students about subjects related to national security, working at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) “as a Charles and Marie Robertson visiting professor and visiting lecturer” and at Georgetown University as a “distinguished fellow in residence with the Security Studies Program in the School of Foreign Service.”
Princeton University released a statement about Milley’s new position, declaring that the retired Army general “will serve as a guest lecturer, meet with students, engage with alumni and faculty, and provide input on the School’s Security Studies Ph.D. program.”
The university’s dean, Amaney Jamal, praised the decision to hire Milley, claiming that his “experience in the nation’s capital as well as abroad in conflict zones” would give students excellent context about national security in the coming year.
Milley’s appointment at Princeton, where he graduated in 1980 and received a commission through the school’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program, will expire in June 2025.
Meanwhile, Milley’s tenure as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was rife with controversy — including his involvement in President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that involved leaving behind $7.12 billion in military equipment, calling into question his capabilities as a national security expert.
He has also been criticized for holding secret talks with communist China behind the back of then-President Donald Trump, undermining his foreign policy and likely violating the law in the process. Milley was also behind the decision not to shoot down the infamous Chinese spy balloon, and has claimed in the past that China is not the United States’ enemy.
Milley also recently defended Biden against claims that he is in cognitive decline and not mentally fit for office, declaring that the 81-year-old president is “alert, sound, does his homework, reads the papers, reads all the read-ahead material, and is very, very engaging in issues of very serious matters of war and peace and life and death.”
These comments have led critics to question Milley’s judgement.
