Thomas Goffus

Thomas Goffus
Thomas Goffus at the Informal EU-NATO event on Counterterrorism in 2024
NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations
Assumed office
January 2022
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO
In office
May 10, 2017 – October 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Personal details
PartyRepublican

Thomas William Goffus is a former American government official currently serving as NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Operations. Goffus was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy from May 2017 until October 2018. In this role he was responsible for the U.S. Department of Defense relationship between the United States, NATO, the EU and the nations of Europe for Secretary Jim Mattis.