PART A - BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE NOMINEE: Biographical information furnished in this part of
the form wiU be made available in Committee

offices for public inspection prior to the hearing
and will also be published in any hearing record
as well as made available to the public.
1.

Name: James Nonnan Mattis

2.

Position to which nominated: Secretary of Defense

3.

Date of nomination: December 7,2016

4.

Address:

The nominee responded and the information is contained in
the committee's executive files.

5.

Year and place of birth: 1950, Pullman, WA

6.

Marital status: Single

7.

Names of children (if over age 18): None

8.

Education:

Dates Attended

Academic Institution

Degree (if applicable)

Aug 93 - May 94

National War College

Master of International Security

Aug 83 - May 84

Marine Corps Command & Staff

Aug 77 - May 78

Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare

May 82 - Aug 82

University of Rhode Island

Attended

Sep 68 - Dec 71

Central Washington University

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
& Geography

Affairs
Graduate

College
Graduate

School

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9. Employment record: List all jobs held since college or in the last 10 years, whichever
is less, including the title or description of job, name of employer, location of work,
and dates of employment. If the employment activity was military duty, list separate
activity periods to show each change of military duty station.

Dates Title Employer Location/Duty Station
Aug 06 Commanding General, I Marine USMC Camp Pendleton, CA
Nov 07 Expeditionary Force MacDill AFB, FL
Commander, US Marine Forces Central NSA, Bahrain
Command
Nov 07 Commander, US Joint Forces USMC Norfolk, VA
Aug 10 Command 
NATO Supreme Allied Commander 
Transformation
Sep 10 Commander, US Central Command USMC MacDill AFB, FL
Mar 13
Mar 13 General USMC Arlington, VA
Jun 13
Jun 13 Retired Richland, WA
Nov 13
Nov 13 Distinguished Visiting Fellow Hoover Stanford, CA
Present Institution
10. Government experience: None
11. Business relationships. List all positions currently held as an officer, director, trustee,

partner, proprietor, agent, representative, or consultant of any corporation,
company, ?rm, partnership, or other business enterprise, educational or other

 

 

 

institution.
Dates Title Organization
Nov 13 Distinguished Visiting Fellow Hoover Institution
Present
Aug 13 Director General Dynamics Corp.
Present

 

 

 

 

12. Memberships:

1. Marine Corps Association (Since 1974 

2. US. Naval Institute (Since 1983 

13. Political af?liations and activities:

If you have ever been a candidate for or have been elected or appointed to a
political of?ce, list the name of the whether you were elected/appointed/candidate,
the year(s) the election was held or the appointment was made, and the term of of?ce (if
applicable): None

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 List all memberships and of?ces held in and services rendered to all political
parties or election committees during the last 5 years: None

Itemize all individual political contributions of $100 or more to any individual,
campaign organization, political party, political action committee, or similar entity for the
past 5 years. List each individual contribution and not the total amount contributed to the
person or entity during the year. None

14. Honors and Awards: List all scholarships, fellowships, honorary degrees, civilian
service citations, military awards and decorations, honorary society memberships,
and any other special recognition for outstanding service or achievements.

Honorary Degree
LL.D. (honoris causa) Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland (2014)
Civilian Awards

Center for National Policy's Edmund S. Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award (2009)

Atlantic Council's Distinguished Military Leadership Award (2010)

World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads "Ryan C. Crocker Global Citizen of the

Year" Award (2013)

Marine Corps University Foundation Semper idelis Award (2014)

Military Awards

Defense Distinguished Service Medal Oak Leaf Cluster)

Navy Distinguished Service Medal

Defense Superior Service Medal

Legion of Merit

Bronze Star Medal Combat Distinguishing Device)

Meritorious Service Medal Two Gold Stars)

Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal

Combat Action Ribbon

Presidential Unit Citation

Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Navy/Marine Corps Unit Commendation

Navy/Marine Corps Meritorious Unit Commendation

Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal

National Defense Service Medal Two Bronze Stars)

Southwest Asia Service Medal Two Bronze Stars)

Afghanistan Campaign Medal One Bronze Star)

Iraq Campaign Medal One Bronze Star)

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Humanitarian Service Medal

Sea Service Deployment Ribbon One Silver and One Bronze Star)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Marine Corps Recruiting Service Ribbon One Bronze Star)

 

Polish Army Medal (Gold Level)

 

NATO Meritorious Service Medal

 

NATO ISAF Medal

 

Kuwaiti Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)

 

 

Kuwaiti Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

 

 

15.

16.

17.

Published writings:
a. Mattis, James N. and Kori Schake, Warriors Citizens: American Views of Our
Military. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2016.

b. Mattis, James N. with Jim Ellis and Kori Schake, ?Restoring Our National Security.? In,
Blueprint for America, George P. Shultz, ed. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2016.

c. Mattis, James N., Military Perspective.? In, Andrei Sakharov: The Conscience of
Humanity, George P. Shultz and Sidney P. Drell, eds. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press,
2015.

Speeches: Provide the Committee with two copies of any formal speeches you have
delivered during the last 5 years of which you have copies and are on topics relevant
to the position for which you have been nominated. Transmitted via Separate
Correspondence

Commitments regarding nomination, confirmation, and service:

If confirmed, will you adhere to applicable laws and regulations governing
con?icts of interest? Yes

Have you assumed any duties or undertaken any actions which would
appear to presume the outcome of the con?rmation process? No

If con?rmed, will you ensure your staff complies with deadlines established
for requested communications, including questions for the record in hearings? Yes

Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefers in response to
Congressional requests? Yes 

Will you promise to enforce or ensure whistleblower protections for all
those witnesses? Yes

Do you agree, if confirmed, to appear and testify upon request before this
Committee? Yes

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 Do you agree to provide documents, including copies of electronic forms
of communication, in a timely manner when requested by a duly constituted
Committee, or to consult with the Committee regarding the basis for any good faith
delay or denial in providing such documents? Yes

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List of Formal Speeches in Files of General James N. Mattis (Reg)
Senior Mil Audiences/F0605

1) National War College, 2014

2) OF HIST, PROPERLY USED, IN MIL 

3) U.S. Naval War College, 6 Dec 12

4) (Handwritten: 
5) THINGS GO 

6) 

Hoover

1) Hoover, Oct 14, WORSENING SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST 
2) 
3) ?Geo Schultz Award"

College Classes/Schools

1) ?653,? 18 Apr 16

2) ?Johnson Remarks?

3) Aspen Summit, 2014, IN A WORLD IN 
4) University of Wyoming, 4 Oct 12

5) Colorado, Feb 15

6) Whitman

7) Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley

Foreign Mil

1) AUS Army Bde, THAT MATTER 
2) Ottawa Conference on Defense and Security, 24 Feb 12, HE CANADIAN 
3) Reading, 18 May 13

Think Tanks

1) Johns Hopkins/SAIS, 27 Nov 12

2) World Affairs Council, 7 Feb 13

3) WORLD IN TURMOIL: CHAL FOR THE MIL 
4) Brookings, 18 Aug 12, 

5) Jamestown, Oct 14

6) Heritage

7) SECURITY 

8) Feb 16, SCTY 

Business

1) WSU/Stanford, 
2) 

3) 

4) Lincoln, CLASS STANDARDS NEED WORLD CLASS 
5) First Health

6) 

7) BermudaASIS, 1 Oct 15

10) Direct TN.

11) 

12) 

13) Citi, Jun 16

USMC

1) MCUF, Nov 16?Marine Corps Birthday

2) lstMarDiv, USS Midway, Nov 16

3) Manpower and Reserve Affairs

4) MCUF, 22 Feb 14

5) COUNTRY MARINES B-DAY 31 Oct 15
6) STORM 25th"

7) GREATER 

8) 

9) Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, 19 Apr 13
10) DAY MEMORIAL 

11) MarCor Scholarship Foundation, Feb 15

12) MCSF, Chicago, Oct 14

13) MARCOR Scholarship Foundation, Feb 15

14) Family Foundation, May 14

15) Change of Command, 22 Mar 13

Mil Schools

1) STRAT 

2) 

3) 

4) ARMY, 7TH 

5) ?Australia Talk?

6) Sep 15

7) LECTURE SERIES 20 Oct 16

8) ALUMNI: DIP-MIL MID-EAST PERSPECTIVES 20 Oct 16

9) I-5, May 16, MIL STRAT IN 

10) 

11) Hoover Retreat, Bilderberg, Jun 15 IN A STRATEGY FREE 
12) Army War College, 2014

13) IN 

14) TBS 1-77 Reunion

15) 

16) TO DEAL BAD 

17) WITH 

18) Delivered while Cdr, Centcom ON LAND-CENTRIC OPERATIONAL
HEADQUARTERS 

19) 

20) CU 

21) 

22) Duke University Center for Law, Ethics, and National Security, 1 Mar 13
23) Naval Academy Preparatory School25) Afghanistan Assessments Conference, 8 Nov 12'

26) Marine Corps Title Wargame, 8 Mar 12

27) Berkeley NROTC Commissioning

28) GLOBAL NETWORK OF 

Miscellaneous

1) LANDSCAPE OF MIDEAST 

2) TO DO ABOUT Version.5?



5) 

6) MAKING UNDER STRESSFUL 
7) FOR 

MidEast

1) HELP EXPLAIN WHAT LIES BEHIND 
2) BORDERS, TERRORISTS 

3) 

4) "Dallas Events,? 19 May 16

5) ?US?Pakistan Roundtable?

6) Marshall Center, 13 July 12

7) Sainte Claire Club, San Jose, 29 Sep 16

8) MIDDLE EAST TODAY: REFLECTIONS OF A COMBATANT 
9) SIT 8: 

10) DIALOGUE SHERPA 12 Feb 12

11) Bermuda, Oct 14

12) Center for American Progress, 231an 15, NEW ANCHOR FOR U.S.-EGYPT 
13) Feb 15

14) Aspen Security Forum, 2014, 

15) Chicago, 6 Apr 16, 

N) Vets

1) GROUP 

2) H85, 3/4 Jan 15

3) Whitman

4) Marine Memorial Club, Apr 14

5) hank you, Don? (Marine heritage)

6) ORDER OF 

7) 16 Apr 16

8) Boy Scouts, MR. GARY

9) ?1/7 2016

10) OF OUR MILITARY ABROAD AND IN 
11) MIL EXPERIENCE AS A 
12) OF FOREIGN 

13) 30 Mar 16

0) Testimony/Personal

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