This week retired US Marine Corps General James Mattis will face the US Senate during confirmation hearings to become our next Secretary of Defense. And while I have never served in uniform, here are four lessons General Mattis taught me about leadership. Mattis and Petraeus jointly commissioned an unprecedented revision of the Counter Insurgency Guidance during the Iraq War. Having studied war his entire adult life, Mattis understands that trust binds a solider to his or her leadership. Mattis then told the troops to think about what they would need to do after a chemical weapons attack.

Source: Fox News January 15, 2017 19:39 UTC