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TIME
April 14, 2018
This Is the Woman President Trump Wants to Be the First Female African-American Marine General ... President Donald Trump has nominated the first African-American woman for promotion to general in the U.S. Marine Corps. Col. Lorna M. ... Women make up just 8% of the Marine Corps, but Gen.
Business Insider
April 14, 2018
Col. Lorna Mahlock was nominated on Tuesday to be the first female black general in the Marines. Mahlock, 49, has served in the prestigious post of deputy director of plans, policies and operations since July 2017. Her next assignment will be announced later if she is confirmed by the Senate, according to the MarineÃâà...
Charleston Post Courier
April 13, 2018
The Citadel's 20th president will be Gen. Glenn M. Walters, the 34th assistant commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, the school announced Thursday. The Citadel, which is governed by an all-alumni Board of Visitors, often has selected alumni to serve as president, and Walters is no exception.
CNN
April 13, 2018
Last year, an infantry battalion at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina received the first female infantry Marines, who were set to serve in the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, with specializations as rifleman, machine gun and mortar, 1st Lt. John McCombs, a Marines spokesman, said at the time.
Task & Purpose
April 12, 2018
Robert Neller placed Brig. Gen. Kurt Stein on leave pending the outcome of an inquiry into the alleged comments, according to a news release from Marine Corps Headquarters. The specific nature of the comments was not revealed. USA Today reported that Stein told an audience of hundreds of MarinesÃâà...
ABC News
April 12, 2018
The Marine Corps is the smallest of the four military services, and the branch has the fewest female service members, according to the Marine Corps Community Services. Women make up just 8 percent of the Marine Corps, but that percentage is likely to increase, according to Gen. Glenn Walters, theÃâà...
USNI News
April 4, 2018
About half of the 300 Marines that he commanded in Helmand were assigned train and assist mission; the other half included rifle and artillery units that ... Marine Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, the commanding general of Task Force Southwest, listens to Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq Hotak, theÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
April 4, 2018
The Marines ultimately ruled that crash was the result of pilot error, leading two of the massive aircraft to collide in the air. Nonetheless, the Super Stallion fleet was described as “inadequate” in November by Marine Lt. Gen. Steven Rudder, the service's deputy commandant for aviation. He said only 37Ãâà...
Department of Defense
April 3, 2018
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis; Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, host Cooper Smith and his family during an official visit to the Pentagon, April 2, 2018.
Business Insider
April 1, 2018
The retired four-star general spent 44 years in the US Marine Corps, working his way up to Commander of US Central Command. He's been called "Mad Dog" Mattis (a nickname he detests), "Warrior Monk" (because he's such an intellectual), and is beloved and respected by fellow Marines. Mattis also has some of the bestÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 1, 2018
When asked whether the United States had the resources to fight terrorism across Africa and the Middle East, General Neller admitted that the country didn't ... The Commandant of the Marine Corps went on to explain that local forces would have to fight terrorism by themselves when the United StatesÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 31, 2018
During an Atlantic Council “Commanders Series” here yesterday, the Marine Corps commandant discussed the Corps' plans to have a trained force ready to face any future adversary. Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller highlighted this year's budget, which he said will allow the Corps to accelerate theirÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 30, 2018
Scott Jackson, the commander of the brigade, spoke to reporters traveling with Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, last ... Each Afghan brigade has roughly 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers and is led by a brigadier general. “Then I have various types of battalion-level advisingÃâà...
Military Times
March 30, 2018
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller, right, speaks to guests at the Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C., March 29. (Sgt. Olivia G. Ortiz/Marine Corps). As the Marine Corps grapples with a high operations tempo, the top Marine on Thursday said he wants to increase the time Marines get toÃâà...
Defense One
March 30, 2018
Gen. Robert Neller, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, said he has not received or given any direction for Marines to stop talking to the press, and instead encourages the service to do public engagements. The commandant's remarks stand in contrast to several of his fellow service chiefs' stances onÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 25, 2018
During his brief visit to Wake Island, General Dunford, a Marine four-star, paid his respects at a small monument to the US Marines and sailors killed during Japan's invasion and occupation. The concrete memorial, topped with the Marine Corps' globe-and-anchor motif, reads: "Enemy On Island, Situation InÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
March 25, 2018
A Marine drill instructor treated a recruit with cardiopulmonary resuscitation around midnight Friday and the patient now is in critical condition at an unnamed ... Gen. William Jurney, the commander of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, in an emailed statement. The unnamed drill instructor continued toÃâà...
fox5sandiego.com
March 25, 2018
SAN DIEGO — A recruit at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego was taken to a hospital in critical condition after an unspecified “medical emergency,” military officials said Saturday. The incident happened about ... difficult time,” said Brig. Gen. William Jurney, the recruit depot's commanding general.
The Patriot Ledger
March 24, 2018
Neal over teh course of a 35-year career with the Marines, he served two tours of duty in Vietnam and rose through the ranks to become a four-star general and deputy director of operations for Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., the Allied commander-in-chief for the campaign that drove Iraqi forces from KuwaitÃâà...
Asia Times
March 21, 2018
Lieutenant General Robert S. Walsh, a top US Marine Corps commander, told a US Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that his service is busy ... When asked how the Marines are dealing with a cyber threat from China, Walsh said the steps included making cyber part of their increased stress on informationÃâà...
wtkr.com
March 19, 2018
Navy Vice Admiral Michael Gilday, commander of Fleet Cyber Command and U.S. 10th Fleet; Army Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone, commander of Army Cyber Command; Marine Corps Major General Loretta E. Reynolds, commander of Marine Forces Cyber Command; and Air Force Major GeneralÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 19, 2018
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived here today to assess the campaign plan now that all personnel are in place ... The general will meet with senior Afghan and U.S. officials to get a top-down look at the situation, but he really wants to meet with soldiers of the 1stÃâà...
Business Insider
March 19, 2018
The US Marine Corps wants a massive drone that can take off vertically from ships and carry a massive amount of ordinance. The proposed drone would be roughly the same size ... When asked in 2016 if the Marines really needed such a drone, Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, then the deputy commandant for aviationÃâà...
Naval Sea Systems Command
March 19, 2018
CRANE, Ind. – On March 13, Lt. Gen. Daniel O'Donohue, the Marine Corps' Deputy Commandant for Information, and his team visited Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) to learn more about Crane's work in areas such as cybersecurity, expeditionary warfare, and electronicÃâà...
Military Times
March 17, 2018
Arctic Edge 18 is a biennial, large-scale, joint-training exercise that prepares and tests the U.S. military's ability to operate tactically in the extreme cold-weather conditions found in Arctic environments with more than 1,500 participants from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy inÃâà...
Island Packet
March 13, 2018
The highest-ranking Marine implicated in the recruit abuse and hazing scandal following the death of a Muslim recruit pleaded guilty Monday at Marine Corps ... Kissoon's trial was originally slated as a general court-martial — the highest level military trial — but was downgraded to a special court-martial,Ãâà...
Stars and Stripes
March 13, 2018
One of seven Marine expeditionary units, it conducts training exercises and activities that support 6th Fleet as well as emergency and combat missions when needed. For Spring Storm, Marines went to the Black Sea region, which has been tense since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Relations betweenÃâà...
Breaking Defense
March 13, 2018
Like most romances, it starts with the small things, things too small for the conventional supply system to manage, like a two-cent plastic button that preempts a $11,000 repair. Big defense contractors, take notice. “There's an intercom in most helicopters,” said Gen. Robert Neller, commandant of the MarineÃâà...
ABC News
March 13, 2018
The discovery of the Dropbox link comes nearly one year to the day that Marine Corps leaders testified before Congress about the thousands of explicit images discovered on the Facebook page, Marines United. Last March, the commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller called for a cultureÃâà...
The Star Online
March 12, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR: Marine & General Bhd via its unit Jasa Merin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has received two contracts from ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia ... According to Marine & General, the risk factors are mainly operational risks such as accidents and unexpected breakdown of the vessels.
Military Times
March 6, 2018
Marine Brig. Gen. Robert Sofge, deputy commanding general of operations for Operation Inherent Resolve, told Army Times that enemy forces in Mosul adapted drones to drop 40mm grenades from above and used advanced vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices to deter Iraqi forces early in theÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
February 28, 2018
Gen. Robert Neller, the commandant of the Marine Corps, said in a written statement that he took action against Brig. Gen. Norman L. Cooling pending ... is alleged to have made disparaging comments about women, thereby undermining trust among those working in his office, including female Marines.
Los Angeles Times
February 24, 2018
Gen. Eric M. Smith, commander of 1st Marine Division, speaks during a weapons demonstration at Camp Pendleton on Jan. 16. (U.S. Marine Corps). A military ... Under military law, generals are barred from convening trials against Marines if they have a direct, personal stake in the case. The trial judgeÃâà...
Atlantic Council (blog)
December 31, 1999
A native of East Lansing, Michigan, General Neller graduated from the University of Virginia and was commissioned in 1975. He has served as an infantry officer at all levels, including command of Marine Security Force Company Panama during Operations JUST CAUSE and PROMOTE LIBERTY; 3d LightÃâà...
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