Commandant of the Marine Corps Totally Explained

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The Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) is the highest ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . The CMC reports directly to the Secretary of the Navy but not to the Chief of Naval Operations. The CMC is responsible for ensuring the organization, policy, plans, and programs for the Marine Corps as well as advising the President, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy on matters involving the Marine Corps. Under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, the CMC also designates Marine personnel and resources to the commanders of Unified Combatant Commands . The commandant also performs all other functions prescribed under or delegates those duties and responsibilities to other officers in his administration in his name. As with the other joint chiefs, the commandant is an administrative position and has no operational command authority over United States Marine forces.
The Commandant is nominated by the President and must be confirmed by majority vote from the Senate. By statute, the commandant is appointed as a four-star General
Since 1801, the home of the Commandant is located in Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C..

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Commandant are outlined in Title 10, Section 5043 the U.S. Code of Law:
"Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Navy, the Commandant shall —

preside over the Headquarters, Marine Corps;
transmit the plans and recommendations of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, to the Secretary and advise the Secretary with regard to such plans and recommendations;
after approval of the plans or recommendations of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, by the Secretary, act as the agent of the Secretary in carrying them into effect;
exercise supervision, consistent with the authority assigned to commanders of unified or specified combatant commands under chapter 6 of this title, over such of the members and organizations of the Marine Corps and the Navy as the Secretary determines;
perform the duties prescribed for him by section 171 of this title and other provisions of law;
perform such other military duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as are assigned to him by the President, the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the Navy.

List of Commandants

#	Name	Rank	Start of Tenure	End of Tenure
1.	Samuel Nicholas	Captain / Major	November 28, 1775	August 27, 1783
2.	William W. Burrows	Major / Lieutenant Colonel	12 July, 1798	6 March, 1804
3.	Franklin Wharton	Lieutenant Colonel	7 March, 1804	September 1, 1818
	Archibald Henderson (acting)	Lieutenant Colonel	September 16, 1818	March 2, 1819
4.	Anthony Gale	Lieutenant Colonel	3 March, 1819	8 October, 1820
5.	Archibald Henderson	Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel / Brevet Brigadier General	October 17, 1820	January 6, 1859
6.	John Harris	Colonel	January 7, 1859	1 May, 1864
7.	Jacob Zeilin	Colonel / Brigadier General	10 June, 1864	October 31, 1876
8.	Charles G. McCawley	Colonel	November 1, 1876	January 29, 1891
9.	Charles Heywood	Brigadier General / Major General	30 June, 1891	October 2, 1903
10.	George F. Elliott	Brigadier General / Major General	October 3, 1903	November 30, 1910
11.	William P. Biddle	Major General	February 3, 1911	February 24, 1914
12.	George Barnett	Major General	February 25, 1914	30 June, 1920
13.	John A. Lejeune	Major General	1 July, 1920	4 March, 1929
14.	Wendall C. Neville	Major General	5 March, 1929	8 July, 1930
15.	Ben H. Fuller	Major General	9 July, 1930	February 28, 1934
16.	John H. Russell, Jr.	Major General	1 March, 1934	November 30, 1936
17.	Thomas Holcomb	Major General / Lieutenant General	December 1, 1936	December 31, 1943
18.	Alexander A. Vandegrift	Lieutenant General / General	January 1, 1944	December 31, 1947
19.	Clifton B. Cates	General	January 1, 1948	December 31, 1951
20.	Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.	General	January 1, 1952	December 31, 1955
21.	Randolph M. Pate	General	January 1, 1956	December 31, 1959
22.	David M. Shoup	General	January 1, 1960	December 31, 1963
23.	Wallace M. Greene, Jr.	General	January 1, 1964	December 31, 1967
24.	Leonard F. Chapman, Jr.	General	January 1, 1968	December 31, 1971
25.	Robert Everton Cushman, Jr.	General	January 1, 1972	30 June, 1975
26.	Louis H. Wilson, Jr.	General	1 July, 1975	30 June, 1979
27.	Robert H. Barrow	General	1 July, 1979	30 June, 1983
28.	Paul X. Kelley	General	1 July, 1983	30 June, 1987
29.	Alfred M. Gray, Jr.	General	1 July, 1987	30 June, 1991
30.	Carl E. Mundy, Jr.	General	1 July, 1991	30 June, 1995
31.	Charles C. Krulak	General	1 July, 1995	30 June, 1999
32.	James L. Jones	General	1 July, 1999	January 12, 2003
33.	Michael W. Hagee	General	January 13, 2003	November 13, 2006
34.	James T. Conway	General	November 14, 2006	Incumbent

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