Leaders

The highest echelon of Marine Corps leadership from the Civilian, Enlisted and Officer Corps

 

 

79th Secretary of the Navy

The Honorable John Phelan

The Honorable John Phelan was sworn in as the 79th Secretary of the Navy on March 25, 2025. Secretary Phelan oversees the well-being, readiness and development of nearly one million Sailors, Marines, reservists and civilian personnel in the Department of the Navy and manages an annual budget of...

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Commandant of the Marine Corps

General Eric M. Smith

General Smith is currently serving as the 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Plano, Texas, General Smith graduated from Texas A&M University and was commissioned in 1987....

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Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps

General Christopher J. Mahoney

General Mahoney was sworn in as the 37th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps on November 3, 2023....

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Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

Sergeant Major Carlos A. Ruiz

Sergeant Major Ruiz assumed his current post as the 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps on August 10, 2023....

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