Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps

Flag of the ACMC

The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps ( ACMC ; German about: Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Marine Corps ) is the first advisor and representative of the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC).

The service of the ACMC requires the rank of general and the approval of the US Senate .

Prior to 1946, the title of the post was Assistant to the Commandant of the Marine Corps . For the period before 1918, only the description is on file in the USMC for the job duty in the office of the Commandant (dt. Service in the office of the Commandant ) out. Before the First World War, there was no evidence of this post. This is probably due to the fact that the commandant of the US Marine Corps, which was much smaller at the time, only had an administrative staff and no deputies.

List of incumbents

Assistant Commandants of the Marine Corps

No.	Surname	image	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment	Later posts
35	General Gary Thomas		4th October 2018	---
34	General Glenn M. Walters		2nd August 2016	4th October 2018
33	General John M. Paxton Jr.		December 15, 2012	2nd August 2016
32	General Joseph F. Dunford		October 22, 2010	December 15, 2012	Commander of the International Security Assistance Force ; Commandant of the Marine Corps; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
31	General James F. Amos		July 3, 2008	October 22, 2010	Commandant of the Marine Corps
30th	General Robert Magnus		September 8, 2005	July 2, 2008
29	General William L. Nyland		September 10, 2002	September 7, 2005
28	General Michael J. Williams		September 8, 2000	September 9, 2002
27	General Terrence R. Dake		5th September 1998	September 7, 2000
26th	General Richard I. Neal		September 27, 1996	4th September 1998
25th	General Richard D. Hearney		July 15, 1994	September 26, 1996
24	General Walter E. Boomer		September 1, 1992	July 14, 1994
23	General John R. Dailey		August 1, 1990	August 31, 1992
22nd	General Joseph J. Went		July 1, 1988	July 31, 1990
21st	General Thomas R. Morgan		June 1, 1986	June 30, 1988
20th	General John K. Davis		July 1, 1983	May 31, 1986
19th	General Paul X. Kelley		July 1, 1981	June 30, 1983	Commandant of the Marine Corps
18th	General Kenneth McLennan		July 1, 1979	July 30, 1981
17th	General Robert H. Barrow		July 1, 1978	July 30, 1979	Commandant of the Marine Corps
16	Lieutenant General / General Samuel Jaskilka		July 1, 1975	June 30, 1978
15th	General Earl E. Anderson		March 31, 1972	June 30, 1975
14th	General Raymond G. Davis		March 12, 1971	March 30, 1972
13	General Keith B. McCutcheon		January 30, 1971	March 11, 1971	(in fact, McCutcheon never took the post due to serious illness)
12	Lieutenant General / General Lewis William Walt		1st January 1968	January 29, 1971
11	Lieutenant General Leonard F. Chapman, Jr.		July 1, 1967	December 31, 1967	Commandant of the Marine Corps , Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
10	Lieutenant General Richard C. Mangrum		July 1, 1965	June 30, 1967
9	Lieutenant General Charles H. Hayes		April 1, 1963	June 30, 1965
8th	Lieutenant General John C. Munn		January 1, 1960	March 31, 1963
7th	Lieutenant General Verne J. McCaul		December 1, 1957	December 31, 1959
6th	Lieutenant General Vernon E. Megee		January 1, 1956	November 30, 1957
5	Lieutenant General Randolph M. Pate		July 1, 1954	December 31, 1955	Commandant of the Marine Corps
4th	Lieutenant General Gerald C. Thomas		March 8, 1952	July 1, 1954
3	Major General / Lieutenant General Merwin H. Silverthorn		July 19, 1950	February 1, 1952
2	Major General Oliver P. Smith		April 15, 1948	July 19, 1950
1	Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.		October 17, 1946	April 14, 1948	Commandant of the Marine Corps

Assistants to the Commandant of the Marine Corps

No.	Surname	image	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment	Later posts
19th	Major General Allen H. Turnage		September 1, 1945	October 16, 1946	Commanding general of the Fleet Marine Force Pacific
18th	Major General Dewitt Peck		January 20, 1944	July 30, 1945
17th	Keller E. Rockey		August 2, 1943	January 17, 1944
16	Brigadier General / Major General Harry Schmidt		May 25, 1942	August 1, 1943
15th	Brigadier General Ralph S. Keyser		March 28, 1942	May 24, 1942
14th	Brigadier General Charles D. Barrett		November 19, 1941	March 12, 1942
13	Colonel / Brigadier General Alexander A. Vandegrift		March 1, 1940	November 18, 1941	Commanding General of the US 1st Marine Division , Commanding General of the 1st Marine Amphibious Corps , Commandant of the Marine Corps
12	Colonel Holland M. Smith		April 1, 1939	September 25, 1939	Commander of 1st Marine Brigade / later 1st Marine Division, Commander Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet , Commander Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet / later V Amphibious Corps , Commander Fleet Marine Force
11	Brigadier General Louis M. Little		April 22, 1935	May 6, 1937
10	Brigadier General Douglass C. McDougal		April 8, 1934	April 22, 1935
9	Brigadier General John H. Russell, Jr.		February 1, 1933	February 28, 1934	Commandant of the Marine Corps
8th	Brigadier General John T. Meyers		August 1, 1930	February 1, 1933
7th	Brigadier General Ben H. Fuller		July 2, 1928	July 8, 1930	Commandant of the Marine Corps
6th	Brigadier General Dion Williams		August 1, 1925	July 1, 1928
5	Brigadier General Logan Feland		July 13, 1923	July 31, 1925
4th	Major General Wendell C. Neville		August 14, 1920	July 11, 1923	Commandant of the Marine Corps
3	Colonel / Brigadier General Charles G. Long		September 11, 1917	August 13, 1920
2	Colonel / Brigadier General John A. Lejeune		January 1, 1915	September 10, 1917	Commandant of the Marine Corps
1	Lieutenant Colonel Eli K. Cole		April 29, 1911	January 1, 1915

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1. ↑ 10 US Code § 5044 (d) (1) (English)