Joseph Anderson (born September 14, 1959) is a retired

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in the

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, who last served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G-3/5/7, previously serving as the commanding general of the

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, Commander of International Security Assistance Force Joint Command and Deputy Commanding General, US Forces – Afghanistan. Born in New York in 1959, he was commissioned upon his graduation from the

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in 1981.https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AS/AS03/20180419/108073/HHRG-115-AS03-Bio-AndersonJ-20180419.PDF

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