They Served Together in 2004, and Int Sec Zinke Used Veterans Day to Recognize Gen Mattis

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Most civilians first came to know Gen. James Mattis when he was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as secretary of defense.

However, former Navy SEAL and now Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has known Mattis for over a decade, and his experience with the general in Fallujah, Iraq, left a lasting impression.

He related Mattis’s command style to the “old George Patton mode” and rejected any notion that “Mad-Dog” was an “armchair general.”

“If a Marine re-upped at a location where he was present, he would personally go to that Marine and thank him or her for rejoining,” The Washington Times reported Zinke wrote in his book, “American Commander.”

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