Allen led allied troops in Afghanistan for 19 months Decision leaves European Command job open He retired to deal with health issues in his family WASHINGTON – Marine Corps Gen. John Allen will ...

General John Allen works alone in the office he has taken ... with virtually no time in between to be with family. In the summer of 2011, by now a full general, Allen deployed to Kabul to assume ...

Marine Gen. John Allen has officially retired from the ... the former ISAF commander can "address health issues within his family," according to a White House media release. Allen turned over ...

Whitehouse and his family from spending time together with ... He signed his letter: “Gen. John R. Allen, General, United States Marine Corps,” on what appears to be official letterhead.

John Allen and accepted his request to retire from the military so that he can address health issues within his family. I told Gen. Allen that he has my deep, personal appreciation for his ...

Today, I met with General John Allen and accepted his request to retire from the military so that he can address health issues within his family. I told General Allen that he has my deep ...

WASHINGTON — Gen. John Allen, who was top commander in Afghanistan ... military so that he can address health issues within his family,” the White House said in a statement that praised ...

Gen. John R. Allen, the second four star general ensnared ... Loyola said Allen never discussed his personal life or his family, but focused on the job at hand. Much like Petraeus, Allen was ...

Gen. John R. Allen, tapped as the fourth commander in ... no matter the consequences.” Allen comes from a family with an extensive history of American military service dating to colonial times.

The FBI uncovered messages from Marine Gen. John R. Allen during its investigation ... are not the sort of things you would print in a family newspaper,” the official said.

US General John Allen, who oversaw the Nato war effort ... announcement in a brief statement last night, citing General Allen's family health issues as the reason for the resignation.