The Marine Corps Times reported Col. James Christmas was relieved of command Wednesday by Maj. Gen.
Raymond Fox, the commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force, after the general lost confidence. The Marine Corps said it had relieved Col. James Christmas as the commander of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Thursday.
Shortly after the units joined up for predeployment training, the MEU's commanding officer, Col. James Christmas, was relieved by II MEF commander Maj. Gen.
Raymond Fox, due to a loss of. Maj. Gen.
Raymond C. Fox, the commanding general of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force relieved Col. James D.
Christmas from his command on Wednesday, July 17due to a loss in confidence in. Col. James Christmas was relieved of command by Maj.
Gen. Raymond Fox, the commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., after the general lost confidence in Christmas' ability to continue commanding the Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU," said Capt. Binford Strickland, a Marine spokesman.
Col. James Christmas was removed as the commander of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit on Wednesday, Marine officials said. They did not provide a reason, other than to say Maj.
Gen. Raymond Fox. Marines and sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, bid farewell to Col.
Eric Steidl and welcomed Col. James Christmas as the new commanding officer during a change-of-command ceremony at the 2nd Marine Logistics Group Amphitheater aboard Marine, News article view page. George Ronald Christmas (born March 11, 1940) [1] is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general.
Christmas was awarded the Navy Cross for valor in 1968, during the Vietnam War. He served on active duty in the Marine Corps for 34 years, retiring in 1996. [2] After retirement, he served as the President and CEO of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation for 15 years.
[3]. In July, Col. James Christmas was relieved of command of the 22nd MEU by Maj.
Gen. Raymond Fox, the commander of II MEF at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Col.
James Christmas was relieved of duty on Wednesday by Maj. Gen. Raymond Fox, the commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The general lost confidence in the ability of Christmas to command, said a Marine spokesman.