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Grand Total: 197 Officers

-Year: 2013 (9, so far).
1. Marine Col. Daren Margolin – Quantico –Oct. 18, 2013. Was in charge of Quantico’s
Security Battalion.
2. Marine Major General C.M.M. Gurganus –Oct. 12, 2013. Commander Regional
Command Southwest and I Marine
Expeditionary Force (Forward) in
Afghanistan.
3. AF Major Gen. Michael Carey – Oct. 8,
2013. 2-star commander of 20th Air Force.
3 wings of ICBMs. 450 nukes. Covered 3 AF
bases across nation.
4. Navy Vice-Admiral Tim Guardina – Oct. 9,
2013. 3-star vice-commander all US nuclear
forces (land/air/sea). Relieved of command.
Demoted in rank to 2-stars.
5. Marine Major General Gregg A.
Sturdevant – September 2013. Director of
strategic planning and policy for U.S. Pacific
Command and commander of the Aviation
Wing At Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
6. Marine Col. James Christmas – July 18,
2013. Commanded 22nd Marine
Expeditionary Unit. Also, commanded the
new Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground
Task Force Crisis Response Unit.
7. Army Brigadier General Bryan Roberts –May 2013. Commander, Ft. Jackson, SC.
8. Marine Gen. James Mattis – May 2013.
Chief of CentCom.
9. Army Major General Ralph Baker – April
2013. Commander of Joint Task Force Horn
of Africa at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti,
Africa
-Year: 2012 (Overall total – 4 +24 = 28 Final
total).
1. Marine General John R. Allen – Nov. 13,
2012. Commander, ISAF – International
Security Assistance Force.
2. Army General David Petraeus – Nov. 9,
2012. Commander, International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander,
U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A).
Director of CIA from September 2011 to
November 2012.
3. Navy Rear Admiral Charles M. Gaouette –Oct. 27, 2102. Commander, USS John C.
Stennis strike group. Relieved within a day
or so of Benghazi.
4. Army General Carter F. Ham – Oct. 18,
2012. Commander, AFRICOM. Relieved
during Benghazi from direct command of
AFRICOM.
-Naval Officers (all in 2012): Total – 24
1. Cmdr. Derick Armstrong, Commander,
guided missile destroyer USS The Sullivans.
2. Cmdr. Martin Arriola, Commander, USS
Porter.
3. Capt. Antonio Cardoso, Commander, of
Training Support Center San Diego.
4. Capt. James CoBell, Commander, Oceana
Naval Air Station’s Fleet Readiness Ctr. Mid-Atl.
5. Cmdr. Joseph E. Darlak, Commander,
USS Vandegrift.
6. Cmdr. Franklin Fernandez, Commander,
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24.
7. Cmdr. Ray Hartman, Commander,
amphibious dock-landing ship Fort
McHenry.
8. Cmdr. Jon Haydel, Commander, USS San
Diego.
9. Cmdr. Diego Hernandez, Commander,
ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming.
10. Cmdr. Lee Hoey, Commander, Navy Drug
Screening Laboratory, San Diego.
11. Cmdr. Dennis Klein, Commander,
submarine USS Columbia.
12. Capt. Marcia “Kim” Lyons, Commander,
Naval Health Clinic New England.
13. Capt. Chuck Litchfield, Commander,
USS Essex.
14. Capt. Robert Marin, Commander, USS
Cowpens.
15. Capt. Sean McDonell, Commander,
Seabee reserve unit Naval Mobile Const.
Battalion 14.
16. Cmdr. Corrine Parker, Commander, Fleet
Logistics Support Squadron 1.
17. Capt. Lisa Raimondo, Commander,
Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River, Md.
18. Capt. Jeffrey Riedel, Program manager,
Littoral Combat Ship program.
19. Cmdr. Sara Santoski, Commander,
Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron
15.
20. Cmdr. Sheryl Tannahill, Commander,
Navy Operational Support Center Nashville.
21. Cmdr. Michael Ward, Commander, USS
Pittsburgh.
22. Capt. Michael Wiegand, Commander,
Southwest Regional Maintenance Center.
23. Capt. Ted Williams, Commander, Mount
Whitney.
24. Cmdr. Jeffrey Wissel, Commander, of
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1.
-Year: 2011 Total – 1 + 157 = 158 overall
Army Major Gen. Peter Fuller – May 2011. A
top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
*157 Air Force majors. Military advocates
decry ‘illegal’ early terminations of 157 Air
Force majors
-Year: 2010 Total – 1 ( total)
1. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal – June
2010. Overall commander Afghanistan.
Replaced by Gen. Petraeus.
-Year: 2009 Total – 1 (total)
Army Gen. David D. McKiernan – 2009. First
4-star relieved since Truman relieved
MacArthur. Commanded in Afg