ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS CHANGE OF COMMAND
Date Signed: 7/8/2008 | ALMARS Number: 027/08
ALMARS : 027/08

ALMAR 027/08
R 072307 JUL 08
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS CHANGE OF COMMAND//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  AS WE CHANGE ASSISTANT COMMANDANTS AND GENERAL
ROBERT "BOB" MAGNUS TRANSITIONS TO THE NEXT PHASE OF LIFE, WE PAUSE
TO CELEBRATE HIS TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CORPS.
2.  FOR FOUR DECADES, IN A VARIETY OF BILLETS DURING PEACE AND WAR,
HE HAS BEEN THE CONSUMMATE LEADER, WARRIOR, AND STATESMAN.  GENERAL
MAGNUS HAS SERVED OUR GREAT NATION THROUGH TWO WARS IN VARIOUS STAFF
AND COMMAND BILLETS IN OUR CORPS AND THE JOINT COMMUNITY.  HIS
STRAIGHTFORWARD, NO-NONSENSE APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP HAS GAINED THE
HIGHEST RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FROM ALL WITH WHOM HE HAS SERVED.
3.  AS ASSISTANT COMMANDANT, GENERAL MAGNUS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE WOUNDED WARRIOR REGIMENT, PROVIDING GREAT INSIGHT
AND THOUGHT TO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS.
ADDITIONALLY, HE HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY STEWARD OF THE EVOLUTION
OF OUR WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES - WITH ADAPTABILITY AND THE NATION'S
INTERESTS ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT.     
4.  ROSE, HIS DEDICATED WIFE, HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY THROUGHOUT THEIR
MARINE CAREER, VOLUNTEERING HER SIGNIFICANT TALENTS IN SUPPORT OF
OUR MARINE AND NAVY FAMILIES.  THIS EXCEPTIONAL COUPLE WILL BE
SORELY MISSED.
5.  GENERAL JAMES F. "JIM" AMOS HAS ASSUMED DUTIES AS OUR NEW
ASSISTANT COMMANDANT.  HIS RICH EXPERIENCE IN MULTI-NATIONAL, JOINT,
OPERATIONAL, AND SUPPORT BILLETS, BOTH AS A COMMANDER AND STAFF
OFFICER, HAS PREPARED HIM WELL FOR THESE DUTIES.  HIS WIFE, BONNIE,
BRINGS A SPECIAL BLEND OF ENERGY AND COMMITMENT TO HER ONGOING ROLE
OF SUPPORTING MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES.  THE CORPS WILL BENEFIT
IMMENSELY FROM THEIR DEDICATION AND SENSE OF TEAMWORK.
6.  SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//