[3] His father, James Sr., served in the U.S. Army at the Wiesbaden Air Base in Germany, and later became a boilermaker[4] in Pittsburgh.

[13] During Operation Desert Shield, he flew multiple missions[14] in a Lockheed C-141 Starlifter transport jet.

On Feb. 16, China placed two companies, Lockheed Martin Corporation and Raytheon Missiles & Defense, on its unreliable entities list as they sold arms to Taiwan, banning them from engaging in China-related import or export activities and making new investments in China.

[21] While he was CEO of American Tower, Taiclet and his wife supported the Newton-Wellesley Hospital Charitable Foundation[22] as well as the Charles River Center.

From 2013 to 2018, Taiclet was named to Harvard Business Review's list of Best-Performing CEOs in the World.