Glenn M. Walters

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Glenn Walters (2016)

Glenn M. Walters is a general in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and has been the deputy commandant since August 2, 2016 .

Education and career

Glenn Walters began his service in the Marine Corps in May 1979 after a study of electrical engineering at the Military College of South Carolina , which he as part of a training program of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps had graduated.

Service in the rank of general

Promoted to Brigadier General in August 2008 , Walters served two years as Deputy Director Resources and Assessment on the Joint Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon , Washington, DC before being transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in July 2010 , where he served with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and was made major general in August of the following year . In June 2013, he moved back to the Pentagon as Deputy Commandant of Programs and Resources of the Marine Corps , from then on in the rank of Lieutenant General .

On June 7, 2016, the Department of Defense announced that President Barack Obama had nominated Walters to succeed John Paxton as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps. The Congress confirmed the Personnel on June 29, Walters finally entered the position on August 2.

Promotions

rank date
US-O1 insignia.svg Second lieutenant May 12, 1979
US-O2 insignia.svg First lieutenant n / A
US-O3 insignia.svg Captain n / A
US-O4 insignia.svg major n / A
US-O5 insignia.svg Lieutenant Colonel n / A
US-O6 insignia.svg Colonel n / A
US-O7 insignia.svg Brigadier General August 2008
US-O8 insignia.svg Major General August 2011
US-O9 insignia.svg Lieutenant General June 7, 2013
US-O10 insignia.svg general 2nd August 2016

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :

See also

Web links

Commons : Glenn M. Walters  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c General Glenn M. Walters - Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. Walter's biography at the USMC. (No longer available online.) US Marine Corps, archived from the original on September 12, 2016 ; accessed on September 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hqmc.marines.mil
  2. ^ General Officer Announcements. Ministry of Defense press release. US Department of Defense, June 7, 2016, accessed September 9, 2016 .
  3. PN1522 - Lt. Gene. Glenn M. Walters - Marine Corps. Decision of Congress to promote Walters. US Congress, June 29, 2016, accessed September 9, 2016 .