As a four-star Army general, he was chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush during the 1991 Gulf War in which U.S.-led forces expelled Iraqi troops from neighboring Kuwait.
Isagoo ahaa afar xiddigle jeneraal Ciidan ah ayaa wuxuu ahaa guddoomiyaha Taliyeyaasha Ciidamada ee Wadajirka ah ee militariga xilligii Madaxweyne George H.W. Bush intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Khaliijka ee 1991-kii kaas oo ciidammada Mareykanku hoggaaminayo ay ka eryeen ciidamada Ciraaq deriskooda Kuwait.