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  • New general named for I Marine Expeditionary Force

    05/01/2009 3:59:25 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 24 replies · 1,326+ views
    NC Times ^ | May 1, 2009 | Marc Walker
    Lt. Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. replacing Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland at Camp Pendleton later this yearCAMP PENDLETON ---- A former Camp Pendleton 1st Marine Division officer has been nominated by President Barack Obama to head the base's I Marine Expeditionary Force and also serve as commander of Marine Corps forces throughout the Middle East. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Friday that Obama has nominated Lt. Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. to replace Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland later this year. The change is among several coming to Camp Pendleton's top leadership this year. Dunford is currently serving as the vice director for...
  • On Iraq, Afghanistan and the future: Marine general reviews latest trip to Middle East

    05/25/2008 1:11:53 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 1 replies · 68+ views
    NC Times ^ | May 24, 2008 | Mark Walker
    Editor's note: Reporter Mark Walker interviewed Camp Pendleton's Lt. Gen. Samuel T. Helland last Sunday while flying home from a two-week visit with troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and other sites in the Middle East. Watch the video Helland, who heads Marine forces in that region of the world as well as Camp Pendleton’s I Marine Expeditionary Force, responded as follows in this excerpted transcript: What did you learn on your visits with the troops and commanders? Most of the time when I travel in the theater, I like to travel with a purpose. One of the objectives this time...