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Gen James F. Amos, USMC (ret.)
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General Amos most recently served as the 35th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, retiring on Dec. 1, 2014, after 42 years of active service.
Born in the northwest, General Amos graduated from the University of Idaho in January 1970 with a degree in Finance. After commissioning, he attended naval pilot training in Pensacola, FL, and was designated a Naval Aviator on 23 November 1971.
General Amos was privileged to command Marine units at every rank from Lieutenant Colonel to General. Early command assignments included a Support Squadron, a Fighter Squadron, and a Marine Fighter Group. As a Major General, he commanded the 15,000 Marines of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and led them in combat in Iraq twice between 2003 and 2004. Receiving his third star, LieutenantGeneral Amos moved to Camp Lejeune, NC, where he commanded the Corps’ combat forces on the east coast of the United States. In 2006 he was reassigned to the Marine Corps’ Combat Development Command, at Quantico, VA, where he was responsible for
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Major General
Amos A. Fries
Major General Amos A. Fries was born in Wisconsin on March 17, 1873 and graduated from the Untied States Military Academy in 1898.
He was instrumental as an engineer lieutenant fighting in the Philippines in 1901 under Captain (later General) John J. Pershing. General Fries organized America's first gas service as part of the American Expeditionary Force in France in 1917, and directed its activities through the 1918 campaigns.
In 1919, as a Brigadier General, he headed the Chemical Warfare Service, Overseas Division. Most of that division was organized as the First Gas Regiment (originally the 30th Engineers), which conducted extensive gas, smoke, and incendiary operations in the American sectors of the Western Front in World War I.
Upon activation of the permanent Chemical Warfare Service on July 1, 1920, General Fries became its first peacetime Chief, remaining in that capacity until his retirement in 1929. As one of the founding fathers of the U.S. Army Chemical Corps, General Fries was the first Chemical officer to be
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James F. Amos
35th commandant of the Marine Corps (born 1946)
For persons of a similar name, see James Amos (disambiguation).
James F. "Jim" Amos (born November 12, 1946) is a retired United States Marine Corpsfour-star general who served as the 35th commandant of the Marine Corps. As a naval aviator, Amos commanded the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing during the Iraq War in 2003 and 2006. He served as the 31st assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from 2008 to 2010, and was the first Marine Corps aviator to serve as commandant. He retired from the Marine Corps in December 2014.[1]
Early life and education
The son of a career navy pilot, Amos was born on November 12, 1946, in Wendell, Idaho.[2] He graduated from the University of Idaho in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and economics, and was commissioned as an ensign in the United States Navy through Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps on January 23, 1970.[3] He attended pilot training in Pensacola, Florida, and was designated a Naval Aviator on November 23, 1971.[
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