Ronald L. Green is the 18th and current Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps succeeding Micheal Barrett on February 20, 2015. As the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Green is the highest ranking noncommissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps.
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Career
A native of Jackson, Mississippi, he attended recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, on 27 November 1983.
He has been meritoriously promoted to the ranks of private first class, lance corporal, corporal, sergeant, and staff sergeant.
Throughout his career, Green has been assigned numerous duties to include: field artillery cannoneer; field artillery nuclear projectileman; tower operator; drill instructor, senior drill instructor and drill master; battery section chief and battery gunnery sergeant, Assistant Marine Officer Instructor at Southern University and A&M College; first sergeant of Inspector-Instructor Staff, B Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment; and sergeant major of Headquarters Marine Corps Henderson Hall, United States Marine Corps Forces, Europe/Marine Corps Forces Africa and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
He has deployed to Somalia with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) during Operation Restore Hope in 1993; to South America in support of Operation United Americas (UNITAS) in 2002; and with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006.
Green holds a B.A. in Cybersecurity and a M.A. in Cybersecurity Policy from the University of Maryland University College.
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Awards and decorations
- Green has earned 8 service stripes.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.
External links
- Seck, Hope Hodge (January 29, 2015). "The next SMMC: Sgt. Maj. Ronald Green's rise to the top". Marine Times. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
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