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A Marine Corps general has been permanently relieved of duty after the service determined he failed to properly train Marines and sailors, leading to the deaths of nine troops when an amphibious vehicle sank off the coast of Southern California last year.On Wednesday, the Marine Corps confirmed Maj. Gen. Robert F. Castellvi, the former Commanding General of the 1st Marine Division had been relieved of his command. “He will not return to that position,” Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Andrew Wood said in a statement Wednesday, reported by Business Insider.Wood added Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger “took adverse administration action...

News Analysis Brethren, Peace be with you. I'm still working on my next post on immigration. I apologize for being sidetracked by events. President Barack Obama's silence is deafening across many issues needing his often eloquent voice. Let me give you three examples: • During a "green on blue" attack, an Afghan soldier killed Major General Harold Greene in Kabul on August 5th, and a German brigadier wounded along with 13 others. The President's reaction? I'm still waiting for one. • This morning I received a communication from the Iraq and Afghanistan's Veterans of America (IAVA) focusing on the high...

Mao's grandson becomes youngest major-general in Chinese army Jane Macartney in Beijing (afp) Mao Xinyu Chairman Mao’s grandson may be the very model of a modern major-general; possibly the youngest in all of the People’s Liberation Army. Speaking recently in his capacity as a researcher at the Academy of Military Sciences, and as an expert in Mao Zedong Thought, Mao Xinyu was introduced as a major-general. It was the first signal that the only known surviving heir in the male line from the Great Helmsman may have been promoted from senior colonel. His elevation, reportedly in June, makes the scion...

MAJOR GENERAL Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Air Force Brig. Gen. James B. Armor, Jr. has been nominated to the rank of major general while serving as the director, Signals Intelligence Systems Acquisition and Operations, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va. Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles C. Baldwin has been nominated to the rank of major general while serving as the deputy chief of the chaplain service, Headquarters United States Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, D.C. Air Force Brig. Gen. Curtis M. Bedke has been nominated to the rank...