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Lloyd James Austin III (1953- ), a native of Mobile, Mobile County, is the first Black citizen to be named U.S. Secretary of Defense. The retired four-star general was nominated for the post by the incoming presidential administration of Joseph R.

Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in January 2021. He previously served in many roles in the U.S. Army, rising steadily through the ranks until his retirement from active service in 2016; he then joined several corporate boards.

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Austin III Austin was born August 8, 1953, in Mobile to Lloyd James Austin Jr., a postal worker, and Aletia Taylor Austin; he is the fifth of six children. His mother was a Mobile native and he attended parochial school there for a time.

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The family relocated to Thomasville, Georgia, his father's hometown, after his father retired from the U.S. Post Office for health reasons. Austin graduated from predominantly white Thomasville High School, where he played basketball and excelled academically.

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