Christopher Miller aka Christopher Charles Miller was Created on October 15, 1965, Also out of Platteville, Wisconsin, U.S.. He is an American Department of Defense officer and served as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
Last week, President Donald Trump lost his re-election raceon November 9th, 2020 Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper at a tweet and appointed Christopher C. Miller.
Trump wrote on Twitter, "I am very happy to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by the Senate), will be Acting Secretary of Defense, effective immediately. ."
From the followup Tweet, Donal J. Trump wrote "Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper was terminated. I'd like to thank him for his services."
Know About Christopher Miller
He's a combat veteran and served at the White House and Pentagon since 2016, Miller was Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for SO/LIC.
In 1987, he was commissioned as an Infantry officer and has been moved to Special Forces and served in numerous command and staff positions over the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne).
In his career, Miller served within other special operations organizations like 2nd Battalion, 5th SFG(A), initial combat operations in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. In 2014he retired in the Military and worked for over two years as a defense contractor.
Then, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism (SOCT), and was even responsible for overseeing the employment of special operations forces in counterterrorism, and Military Information Support Operations (MISO).
By March 2018 to December 2019, Miller served as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism and Transnational Threats at the National Security Council (NSC).
Now, he has been appointed Acting Secretary of Defense by President Donald Trump on November 9, 2020, following Trump's shooting of Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
How outdated is Christopher Miller? He was born on October 15, 1965, and from November 9, 2020, he is 55 years old 2020.
But, there's very little info about his father, mother, and siblings.
Talking about his education, he attended Army Ranger School and has been awarded a Bronze Star for combat service and Legion of Merit. Because of his service in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2002, Miller received a Presidential Unit Citation.
Miller attended George Washington University and graduated with a diploma, he then made a master of arts degree in national security studies from the Naval War College and graduated from the Naval College of Command and the Army War College.
Wife
He is married to his wife called Kathryn Maag Miller and the duo share two daughters and a boy.
Curently, Miller and his wife reside in Virginia, USA. Throughout his Senate hearing, Miller spoke about his wife, he said"My wife graciously stood with me through this 32-year odyssey and raised our three kids to magnificent adulthood."
Afterwards, he included"Their character, optimism for the future and goodness would be my motivation," Miller then concluded the statement"They give me hope for the continued greatness of this superb experiment that is the United States of America."
Web Worth
His Net Worth is $750K USD as of 2020. He stands 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 84KG.