The rank of lieutenant general (or three-star general) is the second-highest rank in the United States Marine Corps, and the first to have a specified number of appointments set by statute. It ranks above major general (two-star general) and below general (four-star general).
There have been 84 lieutenant generals in the U.S. Marine Corps since 1 January 2010, nine of whom were promoted to four-star general. All 80 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps. Lieutenant generals entered the Marine Corps via several paths: 42 were commissioned via Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) at a civilian university, 21 via the United States Naval Academy (USNA), 12 via Officer Candidates School (OCS), and nine via NROTC at a senior military college.
List of generals Entries in the following list of lieutenant generals are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was promoted to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty. Each entry lists the general's name, date of rank, active-duty positions held while serving at three-star rank, number of years of active-duty service at three-star rank (Yrs), year commissioned and source of commission, number of years in commission when promoted to three-star rank (YC), and other biographical notes.
+ List of U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant generals since 2010 # Name Photo Position Yrs Commission YC Notes 1 Walter E. Gaskin Sr. Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee (DCMC), 2009–2013. Chairman, NATO Military Committee (CMC), 2011–2012. 3 1974 (NROTC) 36 (1951–) Secretary, North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, 2021–2024. 2 Robert E. Schmidle Jr. 5 Aug 2010 Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (DCDRUSCYBERCOM), 2010–2012. Deputy Commandant for Aviation, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2012–2014. Principal Deputy Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2014–2016. 6 1976 (NROTC) 34 3 John E. Wissler 5 Aug 2010 Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2010–2013. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Japan/Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force/Commander, Joint Task Force 505 (COMMARFORJ/CDRJTF-505), 2013. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Japan/Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force (COMMARFORJ), 2013–2015. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Japan/Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force/Commander, Joint Task Force 505 (COMMARFORJ/CDRJTF-505), 2015. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command/Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (COMMARFORCOM/CG FMFLANT), 2015–2017. 7 1978 (USNA) 32 4 29 Oct 2010 Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2010–2013. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe/Commander, Marine Corps Bases Atlantic/Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (COMMARFORCOM/COMMARFOREUR/COMMCBLANT/CG FMFLANT), 2013–2014. 4 1975 (USNA) 35 (–) Great-grandson of Navy rear admiral James R. Tryon. 5 22 Dec 2010 Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2010–2014. 3 1975 (NROTC) 36 (1951–) 6 Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. 7 Jan 2011 Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Japan/Commander, Marine Corps Bases Japan/Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force (COMMARFORJ/COMMCBJ), 2011. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Japan/Commander, Marine Corps Bases Japan/Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force/Commander, Joint Task Force 505 (COMMARFORJ/COMMCBJ/CDRJTF-505), 2011–2013. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Japan/Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force/Commander, Joint Task Force 505 (COMMARFORJ/CDRJTF-505), 2011–2013. Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Headquarters Marine Corps/Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (CG MCCDC), 2013–2015. 4 1974 (NROTC) 37 (–) * Robert B. Neller Director, Operations, Joint Staff, J3, 2011–2012. Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command (COMUSMARCENT), 2012–2014. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe/Commander, Marine Corps Bases Atlantic/Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (COMMARFORCOM/COMMARFOREUR/COMMCBLANT/CG FMFLANT), 2014–2015. 4 1975 (OCS) 35 (1953–) Promoted to general, 24 Sep 2015. 7 Richard P. Mills Jul 2011 Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Headquarters Marine Corps/Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (CG MCCDC), 2011–2013. Commander, Marine Forces Reserve/Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Northern Command (COMMARFORRES/COMMARFORNORTH), 2013–2015. 4 1975 (OCS) 36 (1950–) 8 Steven A. Hummer Commander, Marine Forces Reserve/Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Northern Command (COMMARFORRES/COMMARFORNORTH), 2011–2013. Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command, 2013–2015. 4 1977 (NROTC) 34 (1952–) 9 Thomas L. Conant 1 Mar 2012 Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (DCDRUSPACOM), 2012–2014. 2 1975 (NROTC) 37 (–) 10 Jon M. Davis 24 May 2012 Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (DCDRUSCYBERCOM), 2012–2014. Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (CDRUSCYBERCOM), 2014. Deputy Commandant for Aviation, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2014–2017. 5 1980 (OCS) 32 (–) 11 John A. Toolan Jr. Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force, 2012–2014. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific/Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (COMMARFORPAC/CG FMFPAC), 2014–2016. 4 1976 (NROTC) 36 (1954–) 12 William M. Faulkner 2 Oct 2012 Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2012–2015. 3 1982 (NROTC) 30 (–) 13 Robert R. Ruark 23 May 2013 Director, Logistics, Joint Staff, J4, 2013–2015. Military Deputy for Readiness to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (MILDEP USD(P&R)), 2015–2017. 4 1981 (NROTC) 32 14 Ronald L. Bailey 14 Jun 2013 Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2013–2017. 4 1977 (NROTC) 36 (–) * Glenn M. Walters Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2013–2016. 3 1979 (Citadel) 34 (1957–) Promoted to general, 2 Aug 2016. President, The Citadel, 2018–present. * Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. 3 Jun 2014 Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command (COMUSMARCENT), 2014–2015. Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, J5/Senior Member, U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Military Staff Committee (Sr. Member MSC), 2015–2017. Director, Joint Staff (DJS), 2017–2019. 5 1979 (Citadel) 35 (1957–) Promoted to general, 28 Mar 2019. * David H. Berger 11 Jul 2014 Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force, 2014–2016. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific/Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (COMMARFORPAC/CG FMFPAC), 2016–2018. Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Headquarters Marine Corps/Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (CG MCCDC), 2018–2019. 5 1981 (NROTC) 33 (1959–) Promoted to general, 11 Jul 2019. 15 James B. Laster 11 Dec 2014 Director, Marine Corps Staff (DMCS), 2014–2017. 3 1978 (OCS) 36 16 Vincent R. Stewart 23 Jan 2015 Director, Defense Intelligence Agency/Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (DIRDIA/CDRJFCC ISR), 2015–2016. Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIRDIA), 2016–2017. Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (DCDRUSCYBERCOM), 2017–2019. 4 1981 (NROTC) 34 (1958–2023) First African-American and Jamaican-American to become director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. 17 Mark A. Brilakis 30 Apr 2015 Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2015–2017. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command/Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (COMMARFORCOM/CG FMFLANT), 2017–2019. 4 1981 (OCS) 34 (1958–) 18 Robert S. Walsh Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Headquarters Marine Corps/Commander, Marine Corps Forces Strategic Command/Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (COMMARFORSTRAT/CG MCCDC), 2015–2018. 3 1979 (USNA) 36 (–) 19 Michael G. Dana 4 Sep 2015 Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2015–2018. Director, Marine Corps Staff (DMCS), 2018–2019. 4 1982 (NROTC) 33 20 Lawrence D. Nicholson 11 Sep 2015 Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Japan/Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force (COMMARFORJ), 2015–2018. 3 1979 (Citadel) 36 (1956–) 21 Rex C. McMillian 12 Sep 2015 Commander, Marine Forces Reserve/Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Northern Command (COMMARFORRES/COMMARFORNORTH), 2015–2018. 3 1980 (OCS) 35 (–) 22 William D. Beydler 27 Oct 2015 Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command (COMUSMARCENT), 2015–2018. 3 1981 (USNA) 34 (–) * Gary L. Thomas 29 Jun 2016 Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2016–2018. 2 1984 (NROTC) 32 (1962–) Promoted to general, 4 Oct 2018. 23 Lewis A. Craparotta 27 Jul 2016 Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force, 2016–2018. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific/Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (COMMARFORPAC/CG FMFPAC), 2018–2020. Commanding General, U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command (CG TECOM), 2020–2021. 5 1983 (NROTC) 33 (1960–) 24 Joseph L. Osterman Oct 2016 Deputy Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (DCDRUSSOCOM), 2016–2018. Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force, 2018–2020. 4 1982 (NROTC) 34 (1960–) 25 Steven R. Rudder 10 Jul 2017 Deputy Commandant for Aviation, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2017–2020. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific/Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (COMMARFORPAC/CG FMFPAC), 2020–2022. 5 1984 (NROTC) 33 (–) 26 Robert F. Hedelund 14 Jul 2017 Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2017–2019. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command/Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (COMMARFORCOM/CG FMFLANT), 2019–2020. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Northern Command/Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (COMMARFORCOM/COMMARFORNORTH/CG FMFLANT), 2020–2021. 4 1983 (NROTC) 34 (1961–) 27 Brian D. Beaudreault 21 Jul 2017 Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2017–2019. Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2019–2021. 4 1983 (NROTC) 34 (1960–) 28 Daniel J. O'Donohue 31 Jul 2017 Deputy Commandant for Information, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2017–2018. Director, Joint Force Development, Joint Staff, J7, 2018–2020. 2 1984 (NROTC) 33 (–) 29 H. Stacy Clardy III 3 Aug 2017 Military Deputy for Readiness to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (MILDEP USD(P&R)), 2017–2019. Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Japan/Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force (COMMARFORJ), 2019–2021. 4 1983 (NROTC) 34 (1960–) 30 Michael A. Rocco 8 Aug 2017 Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps, 2017–2020. 3 1983 (NROTC) 34 (–) 31 John J. Broadmeadow Deputy Commander, U.S. Transportation Command (DCDRUSTRANSCOM), 2017–2019.