ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND
Date Signed: 10/17/2014 | ALMARS Number: 040/14
ALMARS : 040/14
R 171516Z OCT 14
ALMAR 040/14
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND//
REF/A/DOC/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/16SEP1990//
AMPF/REF A IS U.S. NAVY REGULATIONS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  AS DIRECTED BY THE REF, AN ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND MSG IS HEREBY PROMULGATED. EFFECTIVE 17 OCTOBER 2014, I HAVE ASSUMED ALL DUTIES AS THE 36TH COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS. ALL EFFECTIVE ORDERS AND DIRECTIVES ISSUED BY MY PREDECESSORS REMAIN IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MARCH.
2.  JOSEPH F. DUNFORD, JR., GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//