Top marine officer to oversee Caribbean
Published:Tuesday | January 31, 2012 | 4:56 PM
United States President Barack Obama has nominated a top Marine Corps officer to lead the US military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Lieutenant General John F. Kelly, who currently serves as senior military advisor to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, will head the Miami-based Southern Command.
Kelly will succeed Air Force General Douglas Fraser when confirmed by the US Senate.
The Pentagon said he has served multiple deployments in Iraq and also worked as a Defence Department representative on Capitol Hill.