Lt. Gen. David H. Berger confirmed as next Marine Corps commandant

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Source: Marine Corps Times

Lt. Gen. David H. Berger was confirmed by the Senate Wednesday evening to be the next commandant of the Marine Corps.

The incoming commandant currently is the commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, where he oversees the latest tech and training to prepare the Corps for the future battlefield.

He will take the mantle as top Marine when Gen. Robert B. Neller, the 37th commandant of the Marine Corps, steps down at the end of his term.

Neller, who became commandant in 2015, announced at a ground awards dinner in May that his tenure as top Marine would end on July 11.

Read more: https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/06/06/lt-gen-david-h-berger-will-be-the-corps-next-commandant/

[jmowreader]

1. The General has a big problem on his hands

Says the article, the Corps faces critical shortages in cyber warfare, intelligence, Unmanned Aerial Systems operators and F-35B pilots.

The problem is, anyone with high enough ASVAB scores to qualify for those fields also qualifies to be on the Air Force or the Navy, where they don’t treat you like week-old cat shit because you made the supreme error of accepting a non-combat MOS.

[Omaha Steve]

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