Outgoing commandant reflects on Marine Corps identity, exceptional ground combat Marines
By: Todd South   1 day ago
Despite rapid advances in technologies, a complex set of threats from across the globe and the slog of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism warfare for the past two decades, Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller sees a Marine Corps whose nature remains similar to what it was a century ago.
In what might be his final keynote at the Marine Corps Association and Foundation Ground Awards dinner recently, Neller went back to his early days as a young second lieutenant in 1976 reporting for duty with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division.
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