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  {
    "date": "",
    "description": "Took over a 5,000-person division that had failed its operating certification and had 60 days to reverse a broken accountability culture. Reset the daily standard rather than restructuring or running a culture initiative; the division passed the certification cycle it had been failing for two cycles.",
    "eventName": "The 60-day turnaround",
    "eventType": "achievement",
    "sameAs": [],
    "url": ""
  },
  {
    "date": "",
    "description": "Made and won the counter-argument that a run of zero failures under self-assessment was not evidence of readiness but evidence the assessment had stopped testing anything. Reinstated the audit discipline his institution had decided to retire; the next cycle produced failures.",
    "eventName": "The audit discipline he refused to retire",
    "eventType": "achievement",
    "sameAs": [],
    "url": ""
  },
  {
    "date": "",
    "description": "When a leader on his team was selected for her first command, his response was five words: \"Congratulations. That's awesome news.\" Cited in his brand framework as illustrative of a leadership style that transmits recognition rather than performing it.",
    "eventName": "The command selection recognition",
    "eventType": "personal",
    "sameAs": [],
    "url": ""
  },
  {
    "date": "2020-06-12",
    "description": "Took command of Seventh Air Force and became Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Korea.",
    "eventName": "Assumed command of Seventh Air Force",
    "eventType": "career",
    "sameAs": [],
    "url": "https://www.airandspaceforces.com/pleus-takes-over-at-7th-air-force/"
  },
  {
    "date": "2025-02-24",
    "description": "Began performing the duties of Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force as Director of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, following a leadership change at the top of the service.",
    "eventName": "Began performing the duties of Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force",
    "eventType": "career",
    "sameAs": [],
    "url": "https://insidedefense.com/insider/three-star-general-performing-duties-air-force-vice-chief-staff-after-trump-firing"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-02-02",
    "description": "Gen. Lamontagne was confirmed as Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, concluding the roughly eleven-month period during which Pleus performed the duties of the office.",
    "eventName": "Concluded performing the duties of Vice Chief of Staff",
    "eventType": "career",
    "sameAs": [],
    "url": "https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-new-vice-chief-lamontagne/"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-07-31",
    "description": "Retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Lieutenant General following his Air Staff assignment effective 31 July 2026.",
    "eventName": "Retirement from the United States Air Force",
    "eventType": "career",
    "sameAs": [],
    "url": ""
  }
]