U.S. Marine Corps

Maj. Gen. William M. Jurney, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, and assignment as commanding general, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Brig. Gen. Dimitri Henry, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general. 

Col. Sean N. Day, USMCR, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.

Maj. Gen. Edward D. Banta, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, and assignment as deputy commandant for installation and logistics, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

Maj. Gen. Michael E. Langley, USMC, has been assigned as the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany.

Col. Forrest C. Poole III, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.

Col. Peter D. Huntley, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.

Col. Kyle B. Ellison, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.

Brig. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general.

Brig. Gen. Jason Q. Bohm, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general.

Brig. Gen. David W. Maxwell, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general.

Brig. Gen. Bradford J. Gering, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general.

Brig. Gen. Michael S. Cederholm, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of major general.

Col. Marcus B. Annibale, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of brigadier general.

Using a special 3D printer called ACES, or Automated Construction of Expeditionary Structures, U.S. Marines from the 1st Marine Logistics Group, along with the Marine Corps Systems Command’s Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell and the Army Corps of Engineers, created a concrete footbridge in December.

The Marines printed and assembled the bridge during the service’s annual Steel Knight exercise to demonstrate the ability to use concrete 3D printing in an operational environment, the service reported. The Marines trained on how to operate ACES and incorporate new equipment into the process.

Maj. Gen. Loretta E. Reynolds, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as deputy commandant for information, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; and commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Strategic Command.

Maj. Gen. Daniel J. O’Donohue, USMC, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as deputy commandant for information, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

With a little more financial backing, the U.S. Marine Corps is primed to grow its force in three critical areas to meet the threats of the future: cyber, electronic warfare (EW) and intelligence.

The nation’s expeditionary service is creating what Commandant Gen. Robert Neller, USMC, has called a Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) information group—a critical component that encompasses those three key warfare domains, Lt. Gen. Gary Thomas, USMC, deputy commandant for Programs and Resources, told members of the U.S. House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee.

U.S. Army and Marine Corps units soon may begin informally evaluating a product designed to provide lightweight, inexpensive and reliable voice interoperability at the lowest level. The cross-banding device could improve communications between newer and older radios among the U.S. military services, between the military and other government agencies and among U.S. and international forces, according to military and industry sources.

U.S. Marines are testing skill sets integrated with technology in an effort to succeed in a combined conventional warfare/cyber warfare setting, employing devices such as integrated head-mounted displays and sensors on the battlefield and avoiding information overload.

Marine Corps leadership is seeking to apply lessons learned from fighting two ground wars in the last 10 years and return to its core competencies: amphibious ops, sea-based forward presence and crisis response. In his article, "Marines Go Back to the Amphibious Future," Defense Editor Max Cacas outlines the Corps' goals in this issue of SIGNAL Magazine. Col.

Although outside adversaries constantly attempt to gain access to U.S. Defense Department networks, cybersecurity leaders within the Marine Corps agree that internal user errors and attempts to skirt security measures pose the biggest threat. News Editor Rita Boland discusses these dangers in her article "Cybersecurity, Marine Corps Style" in the March issue of SIGNAL Magazine.

"War is fought on chat," Col. Paul Miller, USMC, assistant chief of staff, G-6 for the I Marine Expeditionary Force, told the crowd at TechNet Land Forces Southwest 2012 in Tucson, Arizona. Having served in Afghanistan, Col. Miller gave a first-hand account of the networking operations on the battlefield.

Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills, USMC, has been selected for promotion to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as deputy commandant for combat development and integration; commanding general, Marine Corps Combat Development Command; commander, U.S. Marine Forces Strategic Command; commanding general, Marine Corps National Capital Region Command; commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces National Capital Region; and commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyber Command.