Gen Henry Hugh Shelton Chairman Joint 2024 Chiefs Staff CJCS Army Challenge Coin V1

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General Henry H. Shelton

Chairman Joint Chiefs Of Staff (CJCS)

ArmyChallenge Coin

Condition: Used, and in good shape. Has very minor surface marks from handling. Enamel is hard baked. Please see pictures.

The coin is1 3/4inches in diameter with hard baked enamel.

General Henry Hugh Shelton (born January 2, 1942)^{[1] is a retired American career military officer of the United States Army. He served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 to 2001.}

Military Service

Shelton served two tours of duty in Vietnam^{[1] with the 5th Special Forces Group, and with the 173rd Airborne Brigade,^{[4] followed by a series of command and staff assignments. Following the Gulf War, Shelton commanded the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in his home state of North Carolina.^{[1] In 1993, he was given command of XVIII Airborne Corps.^{[1] Shelton led the Joint Task Force responsible for Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti in 1994.^{[4] In 1996, Shelton, a Special Forces soldier, was promoted to the rank of General and the position of Commander in Chief of United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM).}}}}}

Upon the retirement of John M. Shalikashvili, Shelton was appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1, 1997.^{[5] Shelton led the planning of the Kosovo War in 1999 during his time in office. Later during his time in that office he coined the phrase "Dover test", testing the support for a war based on the reaction of the people after seeing American casualties returning at the Dover Air Force Base.^{[6] During the events of September 11, 2001, Shelton was on a plane traveling to a NATO meeting in Europe, but turned back and returned to Washington.^{[7] Upon Sheltons end of term, President George W. Bush nominated then-Vice Chairman Air Force General Richard Myers who was sworn in on October 1, 2001.}}}

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