{"66358":{"#nid":"66358","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NROTC Alum Winnefeld Nominated by Obama to Joint Chiefs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Naval ROTC alumnus, Admiral James A.\u0026nbsp;\u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld, Jr. was nominated May 30 by President Barack Obama for the post of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf confirmed by Congress, Winnefeld (AE NROTC 1978) would serve as part of the new senior military\u0026nbsp;leadership\u0026nbsp;team advising\u0026nbsp;President Obama led by\u0026nbsp;Army General Martin E. Dempsey as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The President praised\u0026nbsp;Dempsey and Winnefeld saying they would make \u201can extraordinary team\u201d on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. \u201cBetween them they bring deep experience in virtually every domain,\u201d he said. \u201cLand, air, space, sea, and cyber. Both of them have the respect of our troops on the front lines, our friends in Congress, and allies and partners abroad.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdmiral Winnefeld\u0026nbsp;presently heads the\u0026nbsp;United States Northern Command.\u0026nbsp; After graduating from Georgia Tech, Winnefeld\u0026nbsp;received his commission from the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps program. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/bios\/navybio.asp?bioid=422\u0022\u003EAdmiral Winnefeld Bio\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/obama-nominates-dempsey-to-lead-joint-chiefs-of-staff\/2011\/05\/30\/AGNoHnEH_story.html\u0022\u003ERead NYT article on nomination\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Naval ROTC alumnus, Admiral James A.\u0026nbsp;\u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld, Jr. was nominated May 30 by President Barack Obama for the post of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2011-06-02 10:10:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:49","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66360":{"id":"66360","type":"image","title":"James \u0022Sandy\u0022 Winnefeld","body":null,"created":"1449176931","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:51","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"James \u0022Sandy\u0022 Winnefeld","file":{"fid":"192522","name":"admiral_james_sandy_winnefeld_nrotc_1978_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/admiral_james_sandy_winnefeld_nrotc_1978_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/admiral_james_sandy_winnefeld_nrotc_1978_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":35913,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/admiral_james_sandy_winnefeld_nrotc_1978_200x300_0.jpg?itok=7d2tJ5f8"}}},"media_ids":["66360"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13311","name":"joint chiefs of staff"},{"id":"3857","name":"nrotc"},{"id":"13310","name":"Winnefeld"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp; 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Rebecca.Keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}