Marines likely to retain four 4-star generals
With news quickly spreading that Army Gen. Martin Dempsey has likely been selected to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it’s time to make a prediction: Even with Marine Gen. James...
View Article2/6 Marines take over for 1/9 in Nawa, Afghanistan
The Ready Battalion is back in action. Second Battalion, 6th Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., has replaced 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, in Afghanistan and is now patrolling Nawa district in central...
View ArticleGen. Joseph Dunford frontrunner to lead Afghan war, report says
Could another Marine soon be leading the war in Afghanistan? A report in The Wall Street Journal this morning suggests that the frontrunner to replace Gen. John Allen as the next head of the...
View ArticleCommandant on Dunford-to-Afghanistan speculation: ‘I like right where he is’
Commandant Gen. Jim Amos met with reporters today at the Pentagon, leading me to ask him about the reports this week that his assistant commandant, Gen. Joseph Dunford, is the frontrunner to become the...
View ArticleBehind the Cover: MARSOC expands
It has been more than six years since Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command was established, giving the the Corps its own component in the special operations world. Its development has not...
View Article5 questions to answer about Gens. David Petraeus and John Allen
And so, it’s come to this. The top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is now firmly ensnared in retired Gen. David Petraeus’ sex scandal. It’s widely reported this morning that Allen’s career...
View ArticleCould Gen. Jim Amos step down as commandant to head NATO?
The announcement yesterday that Marine Gen. John Allen will retire instead of becoming the supreme allied commander of NATO immediately raises a question: Who will head to Brussels instead? Foreign...
View ArticleGen. John Allen quietly retires from the Marine Corps
Gen. John Allen formally stepped into retirement Monday, moving on after more than 30 years in the Marine Corps with a ceremony at the Naval Academy. Allen already had been described as “retired”...
View ArticleDunford outlines heavy casualties to Afghan forces
Recent news coverage of the war in Afghanistan has zeroed in on the fact that as U.S. force draw down there and shift to advising roles, Afghan forces have been engaged in heavy combat with the...
View ArticleGen. Joseph Dunford, Afghanistan war commander, profiled by Boston Globe
Gen. Joseph Dunford has a father who fought in Korea as a Marine, loves his hometown Boston Red Sox and was lured to join the Marine Corps after seeing a recruiting poster at college. Those are among...
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