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Michael G. Vickers is an American warfare theorist and former United States Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. He was born on April 27, 1953 in Burbank, California. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1975 and served in the United States Army for twenty-one years. Vickers has held a number of senior positions in the United States government, including Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Director for Strategic Assessments in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Vickers is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of several books on military strategy and has been a frequent commentator on national security issues. As of 2021, Michael G. Vickers's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 27 April 1953
Birthday 27 April
Birthplace Burbank, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2015

He retired from government service in April, 2015. As of December 2015, it was announced that he had been appointed to the BAE Systems board of directors.

2013

Vickers' role at the Central Intelligence Agency during the Soviet–Afghan War was featured in George Crile's 2003 book Charlie Wilson's War, and in the 2007 movie adaptation in which he is played by actor Christopher Denham.

2011

Later in life, Vickers attended the University of Alabama, where he graduated with honors, and went on to attend the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania from which he received an MBA. He earned a Ph.D. in 2011 in International Relations/Strategic Studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University under Professor Eliot A. Cohen.

2007

In July 2007 he was confirmed by the United States Senate as Assistant Secretary of Defense, where he is the senior civilian advisor to the US Secretary of Defense on such matters as "counter-terrorism" strategy and operational employment of special operations forces, strategic forces, and conventional forces.

2004

In 2004, he wrote an op-ed piece for USA Today in which he stated that the United States can be successful in Iraq by using a much smaller force modeled on its deployment in Afghanistan.

1980

In the mid-1980s, Vickers became involved with Operation Cyclone, the CIA program to arm Islamist Mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. He was the head military strategist for the US, coordinating an effort that involved ten countries and providing direction to forces made up of over 500,000 Afghan fighters.

1973

From 1973 to 1986, Vickers served as an Army Special Forces sergeant, later became a commissioned officer, and then a CIA paramilitary operations officer.

1953

Michael George Vickers (born April 27, 1953) is an American defense official who served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD-I) within the United States Department of Defense. He was born in Burbank, California. As USD-I, Vickers, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010, was the Defense Department's top civilian military intelligence official. Before becoming USD-I, Vickers served as United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.