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The Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command (COMMARFORCOM), headquartered at the Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia, commands service retained-operating forces; executes force sourcing and synchronization to affect force generation actions in the provisioning of joint capable Marine Corps forces, and directs deployment planning and execution of service retained ...
As stated in the U.S. Code, the commandant "shall preside over the Headquarters, Marine Corps, transmit the plans and recommendations of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, to the Secretary and advise the Secretary with regard to such plans and recommendations, after approval of the plans or recommendations of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, by the ...
Eric M. Smith (born 1964 or 1965) [1] is a United States Marine Corps four-star general who has served as the 39th commandant of the Marine Corps since 22 September 2023. [2] [3] He served as acting commandant of the Marine Corps between 10 July 2023 and 22 September 2023 while awaiting Senate confirmation.
Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps (CMC), 1948–1951. 4 1917 : 31 (1893–1970) [8] 3: Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. 1 Jan 1952 Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps (CMC), 1952–1955. Chairman, Inter-American Defense Board, 1956–1959. 7 1917 : 35 (1896–1990) [9] 4: Randolph M. Pate: 1 Jan 1956 Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps (CMC), 1956–1959. 4 1921 : 35 ...
Robert Blake Neller (born February 9, 1953) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 2015 to 2019. [ 1 ] Neller was born in Louisiana and was raised in Michigan .
General Thomas Holcomb (August 5, 1879 – May 24, 1965) was a United States Marine Corps officer who served as the seventeenth Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1936 to 1943. He was the first Marine to achieve the rank of general , and was a strong supporter of racial segregation in the Marine Corps .
Robert Hilliard Barrow (February 5, 1922 – October 30, 2008) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. Barrow was the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1979 to 1983. He served for 41 years, including overseas command duty in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
The Military Secretary serves as a direct advisor to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The Military Secretary is primarily responsible for filtering and directing the flow of information to the Commandant, keeping the Commandant abreast of situations impacting the Marine Corps, gathering and analyzing pertinent information in order to provide sound guidance and counsel to the Commandant.