(1958-02-14) 14 February 1958 (age 66) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1980–2019
Rank
General
Commands held
United States Central Command United States Special Operations Command Joint Special Operations Command Combined Joint Task Force 82 Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization 75th Ranger Regiment 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 10th Mountain Division
Battles/wars
War in Afghanistan Iraq War
Awards
Defense Distinguished Service Medal (3) Army Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal (3) Legion of Merit (2) Bronze Star (4)
Alma mater
United States Military Academy (BS) United States Army Command and General Staff College (MS) United States Army War College (MS)
Joseph Leonard Votel (born 14 February 1958) is a retired four-star general in the United States Army who was commander of United States Central Command from March 2016 to March 2019.[1] Before that, he served as commander of the United States Special Operations Command.
General Votel most recently served as President and CEO of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) – a national, nonprofit composed of senior business and industry executives who volunteer their time and expertise to assist the U.S. national security community.
^Tara Copp (21 August 2018). "New CENTCOM, SOCOM leadership named". Military Times. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
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under attack from Turkish troops; however, former CENTCOM commander JosephVotel confirmed an American commitment to keeping troops in Manbij. In 2019...
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and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals for airborne operations by GEN JosephVotel (ret), which correspond to the two Combat Jump Devices on his Master...
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occupants. United States Central Command, United States Army commander JosephVotel, announced a U.S. Department of Defense investigation into a United States...
General JosephVotel, former commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment, United States Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command. Votel led...
Afghanistan, ordered an investigation into the incident. US Major General JosephVotel (then Chief of Staff of the US Special Operations Command) and British...
wearing badges of the Kurdish YPG and YPJ on their uniforms. On 21 May, JosephVotel, commanding general of US Central Command, completed a secret hours-long...
Command". 6 January 2010. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. "Votel nominated to head up Joint Special Operations Command". Stars and Stripes...
United States Central Command, chief General JosephVotel of "siding with coup plotters," (after Votel accused the Turkish government of arresting the...
from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2014. Trevithick, Joseph (18 November 2014). "U.S. Commandos Are Flying Around Iraq". Medium.com...
was fabricated to distract from the 2020 election". Business Insider. Josephs, Leslie (May 22, 2021). "Covid vaccine passports: Everything we know so...
the YPG and YPJ on their uniforms circulated. On 21 May 2016, General JosephVotel, commanding general of U.S. Central Command, completed a secret several-hour-long...
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every advance. United States Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Gen. JosephVotel, who oversaw the United States' Middle Eastern operations at the time...
fighting between the two groups around Jarabulus and Sajor river. General JosephVotel meanwhile stated that Kurdish fighters had moved to east of Euphrates...
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