Lieutenant General Gregory S. Newbold is a retired

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3-star general who served as Director of Operations (J-3) for the

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from October 2000 until he retired in October 2002. Openly critical of Donald Rumsfeld's plans for the

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, he retired partly as a protest.

Career

After his commissioning as a second lieutenant in 1970 he attended

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at the

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, Virginia, where he was designated an infantry officer. Lieutenant General Newbold's assignments have included Fleet Marine Force tours in the

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, the

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, and the 3rd Marine Divisions, with the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and with

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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

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, this force was in the vanguard of the U.S. commitment for

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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

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as tactics instructor at The Basic School, officer assignment officer at

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, Warfare Policy Planner on the Joint Staff, Military Assistant to the

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, Head of the Enlisted Assignment Branch at Headquarters Marine Corps, and as the Director, Manpower Plans and Policy Division,

, Washington, DC. His professional military education has included attendance at Amphibious Warfare School, the

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, and the National War College.

Life after retirement

General Newbold is a resident of

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. On March 3, 2006, Newbold joined fellow former Marine Corps General Joseph P. Hoar, General Tony Zinni, Lt. General

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, and Congressman Jack Murtha in endorsing fellow former

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and

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for

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Awards

References

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