| − | Just before the 1st Marine Division advanced on the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on March 23, 2003, Maj. Gen. [[James Mattis]] pinned a star onto each collar of his assistant division commander, Col. John F. Kelly. He was now a brigadier general, and the first to be promoted on the battlefield since the [[Korean War]].<ref>http://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-marine-general-picks-iraq-war-2016-12 </ref> | + | Just before the 1st Marine Division advanced on the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on March 23, 2003, Maj. Gen. [[James Mattis]] pinned a star onto each collar of his assistant division commander, Col. John F. Kelly. He was now a brigadier general, and the first to be promoted on the battlefield since the [[Korean War]].<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-marine-general-picks-iraq-war-2016-12 </ref> |