Wonderful!
>Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was the only United States Senator to oppose his appointment as Secretary of Defense.
Hm, didn't know that…
BE COURAGEOUS, EMBRACE THE CHAOS
“I do believe we are in a period of chaos — and in a period of chaos the time horizon shrinks — because the outcome is uncertain … sometimes the outcome is catastrophe.” – Jordan Peterson
General Mattis' call sign is ‘Chaos’
It was as a regimental commander he earned his nickname and call sign, "CHAOS", an acronym for "Colonel Has Another Outstanding Solution."
(original source: https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2017/09/21/mattis-explains-the-origin-of-the-call-sign-chaos/)
General Mattis' reading list for Marines under his command: http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/ltgen-james-mattis-reading-list