Lieutenant General Gregory S. Newbold is a retired
United States Marine Corps
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3-star general who served as Director of Operations (J-3) for the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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from October 2000 until he retired in October 2002. Openly critical of
Donald Rumsfeld's plans for the
invasion of Iraq
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, he retired partly as a protest.
Career
After his commissioning as a second lieutenant in 1970 he attended
The Basic School
The Basic School (TBS) is where all newly commissioned and appointed (for warrant officers) United States Marine Corps officers are taught the basics of being an "Officer of Marines". The Basic School is located at Camp Barrett, Quantico, Vi ...
at the
Marine Corps Base Quantico
Marine Corps Base Quantico (commonly abbreviated MCB Quantico) is a United States Marine Corps installation located near Triangle, Virginia, covering nearly of southern Prince William County, Virginia, northern Stafford County, and southeas ...
, Virginia, where he was designated an infantry officer. Lieutenant General Newbold's assignments have included Fleet Marine Force tours in the
1st Marine Division
The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).
It is th ...
, the
2nd Marine Division
The 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV) is a division of the United States Marine Corps, which forms the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF). The division is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Caroli ...
, and the
3rd Marine Divisions, with the
4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and with
I Marine Expeditionary Force
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. He has commanded infantry units at the platoon, company, and battalion level, and also served at different times as executive officer, operations officer, and logistics officer in a variety of operational units. While Lieutenant General Newbold commanded the
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit
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, this force was in the vanguard of the U.S. commitment for
Operation Restore Hope
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in
Somalia
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. Prior to reporting to his assignment with the Joint Staff, he served as Commanding General, 1st Marine Division.
Lieutenant General Newbold has served tours outside the
Fleet Marine Force
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as tactics instructor at The Basic School, officer assignment officer at
Headquarters Marine Corps
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, Warfare Policy Planner on the Joint Staff, Military Assistant to the
Secretary of the Navy
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By law, the se ...
, Head of the Enlisted Assignment Branch at Headquarters Marine Corps, and as the Director, Manpower Plans and Policy Division,
Headquarters Marine Corps
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, Washington, DC. His professional military education has included attendance at Amphibious Warfare School, the
Marine Corps Command and Staff College
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H ...
, and the
National War College.
Life after retirement
General Newbold is a resident of
North Carolina
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. On March 3, 2006, Newbold joined fellow former Marine Corps General
Joseph P. Hoar, General
Tony Zinni, Lt. General
Frank E. Petersen
Frank Emmanuel Petersen Jr. (March 2, 1932 โ August 25, 2015) was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general. He was the first African-American Marine Corps aviator and the first African-American Marine Corps general.
Petersen retired fr ...
, and Congressman
Jack Murtha in endorsing fellow former
U.S. Marine
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and
Secretary of the Navy
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By law, the se ...
Jim Webb
James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia, Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Counsel for the United States ...
for
U.S. Senate
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The composition and pow ...
in
Virginia
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.
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