Robert Magnus

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Robert Magnus
born April 28, 1947
18^th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1969-present
Rank	General
Commands held	Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps MCAS Miramar Marine Corps Air Bases Western Area HMM-365
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Navy Achievement Medal

General Robert Magnus, USMC (born April 28, 1947) is the 18^th and current Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. He assumed his current assignment on September 8, 2005.

1 Biography
2 Military service
3 Awards and decorations
4 References

[edit] Biography

Magnus was born April 28, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York.

Genial, no-nonsense and a bit professorial, Magnus, was born in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood, the youngest child of a bookkeeper and a seamstress. When the family moved to the working class, post-World War II community of Levittown, Long Island, “a mile and a half from a potato farm,” his secular Jewish upbringing was “ideal and lower-middle class.” And while his cousins across town may have been raised more traditionally observant, Magnus was sent to a Conservative Hebrew school three days a week and celebrated his bar mitzvah at the Hicksville Jewish Center on Long Island.[1]

He graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from University of Virginia and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He earned a Master's degree in Business Administration from Strayer College in 1993. His formal military education includes Naval Aviator Training, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the National War College.

[edit] Military service

Magnus completing The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia in 1969 and then reported to the Naval Air Training Command, where he was designated a Naval Aviator. Gen Magnus’ operational assignments include: Intelligence Officer, HMM-264; Operations Officer, H&MS-15 SAR Detachment, Task Force Delta, Nam Phong, Thailand; Training Officer, SOES, MCAS Quantico; Aviation Safety Officer, Marine Aircraft Group 26 and HMM-263; Weapons and Tactics Instructor, Marine Aircraft Group 26 and HMM-261; Operations Officer, Marine Aircraft Group 29; Commanding Officer, HMM-365; Commander, Marine Corps Air Bases Western Area; Commanding General, MCAS Miramar; and Deputy Commander, Marine Forces Pacific (1999 - July 2000).

Gen Magnus’ staff assignments include Aviation Assault Medium Lift Requirements Officer; Chief, Logistics Readiness Center, Joint Staff; Executive Assistant to the Director of the Joint Staff; Head, Aviation Plans and Programs Branch; Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation; Assistant Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations (July 2000 - August 2001); and Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources (August 2001-September 2005). He was advanced to the rank of General on November 1, 2005 and began his assignment as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps on November 8, 2005.^[1]