Robert Neller

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Robert Blake Neller (born February 9, 1953) is a retired American general who served as the 37th commandant of the United States Marine Corps from 2015 to 2019. Neller was born in Louisiana and was raised in Michigan. He was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps after graduating from the University of Virginia in 1975 and served as an infantry officer. During his career he was deployed to Panama, Somalia, and Iraq. As a general officer he served as the commanding general of the 3rd Marine Division, the Director of Operations on the Joint Staff, the commander of Marine Corps Forces Central Command, and commander of Marine Corps Forces Command as well as commanding general of Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic.

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1. date of birth: 1953-02-09 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1953-02-09 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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