R 232100Z OCT 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 040/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  GENERAL JOSEPH F. "JOE" DUNFORD JR. HAS ASSUMED DUTIES AS OUR NEW ASSISTANT COMMANDANT.  HIS LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE IN OPERATIONAL AND STAFF BILLETS AT THE JOINT AND MULTI-NATIONAL LEVEL, IN COMBAT AND IN GARRISON, HAVE PREPARED HIM WELL FOR HIS NEW DUTIES.  MOST RECENTLY AS COMMANDER, MARINE CENTRAL COMMAND AND COMMANDING GENERAL, I MEF, GENERAL DUNFORD GUIDED THE MARINE CORPS THROUGH A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS OF IRAQ IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO AFGHANISTAN IN CENTRAL ASIA.  HIS WIFE, ELLYN, HAS DEDICATED COUNTLESS HOURS TO MARINE FAMILIES AND HAS BEEN A CATALYST FOR NEW INITIATIVES AIMED AT THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR FAMILY READINESS PROGRAMS.  GENERAL AND MRS. DUNFORD'S CARE AND DEVOTION TO MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL ENSURE THE CONTINUED PROSPERITY OF OUR CORPS.
2.  SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINES.  JAMES F. AMOS, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//