R 160034Z SEP 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
UNCLAS
ALMAR 047/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS CHANGE//
POC/A. D. SMITH/GYSGT/DMCS/-/TEL:(703) 687-1668//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  AS WE CHANGE ASSISTANT COMMANDANTS AND GENERAL
"SPIDER" NYLAND LEAVES ACTIVE DUTY, IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT WE PAUSE
AND CELEBRATE HIS TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CORPS OVER HIS 37
YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE.  GENERAL NYLAND FLEW 122 COMBAT MISSIONS IN
VIETNAM; COMMANDED AVIATION UNITS AT THE SQUADRON, GROUP, AND WING
LEVELS, SERVED MULTIPLE TOURS ON THE JOINT STAFF AND SERVED THE
CORPS AS DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR PROGRAMS & RESOURCES AND AVIATION.
AS ASSISTANT COMMANDANT, HIS LEADERSHIP, WISDOM, AND COMMON SENSE
SERVED THE CORPS WELL DURING ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING PERIODS IN
OUR HISTORY.  MARINE UNITS ENGAGED IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM
AND NUMEROUS WORLDWIDE CRISES RECEIVED VASTLY IMPROVED TRAINING,
EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPORT DUE TO HIS CEASELESS EFFORTS.  HIS SUPPORT TO
WOUNDED MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES, PARTICULARLY IN EXPANDING THE
MARINE FOR LIFE PROGRAM, EPITOMIZE THE CARING AND THOUGHTFUL
LEADERSHIP THAT DISTINGUISHED HIS ENTIRE CAREER.  THROUGHOUT IT ALL,
HIS WIFE, BRENDA, HAS BEEN A STEADFAST PARTNER, CONTRIBUTING HER
TIME, KNOWLEDGE, CARING, AND COMPASSION ON BEHALF OF OUR CORPS AND
THE MARINE FAMILY. THIS EXCEPTIONAL COUPLE WILL BE MISSED.
2.  GENERAL BOB MAGNUS HAS ASSUMED DUTIES AS OUR NEW ASSISTANT
COMMANDANT.  HE HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS COMMAND AND STAFF BILLETS BOTH
WITHIN OUR CORPS AND IN THE JOINT COMMUNITY, AND MOST RECENTLY HAS
SERVED AS DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.  HIS
TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE HAS PREPARED HIM WELL FOR HIS NEW DUTIES.  HIS
WIFE, ROSE, BRINGS HER OWN CONSIDERABLE TALENTS AS AN ENERGETIC AND
DEDICATED ADVOCATE FOR OUR MARINE FAMILIES.  THE CORPS WILL BENEFIT
IMMENSELY FROM THEIR INSIGHT AND JUDGEMENT.
3.  SEMPER FIDELIS, M.W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//