Charles Chandler Krulak is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1,1995,to June 30,1999. He is the son of Lieutenant General Victor H. "Brute" Krulak,who served in World War II,Korea,and Vietnam. He was the 13th President of Birmingham-Southern College after his stint as a non-executive director of English association football club Aston Villa.
James Logan Jones Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general and consultant who served as the 21st United States National Security Advisor from 2009 to 2010. During his military career,he served as the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003,and Commander,United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2003 to 2006. Jones retired from the Marine Corps on February 1,2007,after 40 years of service.
James Terry Conway is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Among his previous postings were Director of Operations (J-3) on the Joint Chiefs of Staff,Commanding General of 1st Marine Division and I Marine Expeditionary Force,taking part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the First Battle of Fallujah.
The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary investigative law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Its primary function is to investigate major criminal activities involving the Navy and Marine Corps,though its broad mandate includes national security,counterintelligence,counterterrorism,cyberwarfare,and the protection of U.S. naval assets worldwide. NCIS is the successor organization to the former Naval Investigative Service (NIS),which was established by the Office of Naval Intelligence after the Second World War.
Lemuel Cornick Shepherd Jr. was a General in the United States Marine Corps,20th Commandant of the Marine Corps,Navy Cross recipient,veteran of World War I,World War II,and the Korean War.
The National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (NIDSM) is a decoration awarded for service to the United States Intelligence Community. The decoration is awarded to any member or contributor to the National Intelligence Community,either civilian or military,who distinguishes themselves by meritorious actions to the betterment of national security in the United States of America,through sustained and selfless service of the highest order.
The Marine Corps Intelligence is the intelligence arm of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and an element of the United States Intelligence Community. The Director of Intelligence supervises the Intelligence Department of HQMC and is responsible for policy,plans,programming,budgets,and staff supervision of Intelligence and supporting activities within the U.S. Marine Corps as well as supervising the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA). The department supports the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) in his role as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS),represents the service in Joint and Intelligence Community matters,and exercises supervision over the MCIA.
Charles Elliott Wilhelm is a decorated retired United States Marine Corps General who served two combat tours of duty in Vietnam. He later served as Commanding General of the 1st Marine Division;as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense;and as the Commander,U.S. Southern Command (1997–2000). General Wilhelm retired from the Marine Corps in 2000,after 37 years of service.
The structure of the United States Navy consists of four main bodies:the Office of the Secretary of the Navy,the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations,the operating forces,and the Shore Establishment.
General Vernon Edgar Megee was a United States Marine Corps general. He is recognized as a pioneer in the development of close air support for ground combat operations. He served as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1956 to 1957;with his final billet from 1957 to 1959 as commanding general,Fleet Marine Force,Pacific. When he retired from the Marine Corps,after 40 years of active duty service,he received a promotion to 4-star rank.
Brigadier General Dion Williams was an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He was the sixth assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from August 1,1925 –July 1,1928. During his early career,Williams pioneered the first conceptual study of amphibious reconnaissance in the United States and becoming one of the strongest advocates in having the Marine Corps assume the amphibious,expeditionary role. During his career,he fought guerrillas in the Philippines and Dominican Republic during the Spanish–American War.
John Rutherford Allen is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general,and former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces –Afghanistan (USFOR-A). On September 13,2014,President Barack Obama appointed Allen as special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL. He was succeeded in that role by Brett McGurk on October 23,2015. He is the co-author of Turning Point:Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence with Darrell M. West and Future War and the Defence of Europe alongside Lieutenant General (Ret.) Ben Hodges and Professor Julian Lindley French. Allen was president of the Brookings Institution from October 2017 until his resignation on June 12,2022.
Michael Phillip "Rifle" DeLong was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who served as deputy commander,United States Central Command,MacDill Air Force Base,Florida. From 2000 until his retirement in 2003,DeLong was second-in-command to General Tommy Franks,who,as commander of United States Central Command,was in charge of the war on terror,including Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Michael E. Ennis is a former major general in the United States Marine Corps.
Harry W. Jenkins is a former major general in the United States Marine Corps.
David N. Senty is a retired major general in the United States Air Force.
Robert Blake Neller is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps. He assumed his assignment on September 24,2015 and retired on July 11,2019. He was succeeded by David H. Berger.
Vincent Raymond Stewart was a Jamaican-born American lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps who served as Deputy Commander at United States Cyber Command. He previously served as the 20th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). LtGen Stewart,who held that post from January 23,2015 through October 3,2017,was the first African American,first Jamaican American and first Marine to hold the position of Director of the DIA. LtGen Stewart was the 2023 William Oliver Baker Award Recipient presented by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance.
Michael S. Groen is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who last served as the Commander of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. Previously,he was the Deputy Chief of Computer Network Operations of the National Security Agency.
The United States Department of the Navy Police is the uniformed security police program of the United States Navy. It provides professional,civilian,federal police officers to serve and protect U.S. Navy personnel,properties,and installations. DoN Police personnel represent the Department of the Navy's contribution to the Department of Defense Police program. DoN Police officers primarily work alongside U.S. Navy masters-at-arms,the military police of the U.S. Navy. Although under the Department of the Navy,the United States Marine Corps (USMC) maintains its own civilian law enforcement program for Marine Corps-centric installations,the USMC Civilian Police. Despite both employing civilian special agents,neither the Naval Criminal Investigative Service nor the USMC Criminal Investigation Division fall-under the auspices of the DoN/DoD Police;both agencies have their own chains of command.
