Video: SecDef Mattis Tells It Like It Is – That’s Why Troops Love “Chaos”

James N. Mattis, the 26th Secretary of Defense, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, Jan 25, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King/Released)

Former Marine General and current Secretary of Defense Jim “Mad Dog” (or “Chaos” to Marines) Mattis has a history of speaking his mind, consequences be damned.

Today in History: Born on August 5

1809

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet laureate (1850), wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade."

1881

Alexander Flemming, Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928.

1889

Major General George Kenney, commander of the U.S. Fifth Air Force in New Guinea and the Solomons during World War II.

1911

Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian.

1916

Richard Hofstadter, historian who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work.

1927

Andy Warhol, American pop artist.

1934

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, science fiction and fantasy author (Xanth series).

1950

Winston E. Scott, US Navy commander and astronaut.

1970

M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American screenwriter, director and producer (The Sixth Sense, The Village).

Video: SecDef Mattis Tells It Like It Is – That’s Why Troops Love “Chaos”

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