1. Robert Magnus was born on April 28,1947 and is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 30th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from September 8,2005, to July 2,2008.
13 Facts About Robert Magnus
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Robert Magnus retired from active duty on July 17,2008, after 38 years of total service.
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Robert Magnus's family moved from Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood to the working class community of Levittown, Long Island, "a mile and a half from a potato farm".
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Robert Magnus was sent to a Conservative Hebrew school three days a week and celebrated his bar mitzvah at the Hicksville Jewish Center on Long Island.
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Robert Magnus majored in modern European and Russian history at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
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Robert Magnus earned a master's degree in business administration from Strayer College in 1993.
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Robert Magnus completed The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia, in 1969 and then reported to the Naval Air Training Command, where he was designated a Naval Aviator.
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In October 1974, Robert Magnus left the Marine Corps for 15 months to work on Wall Street.
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Robert Magnus was advanced to the rank of General on November 1,2005, and began his assignment as the 30th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps on November 8,2005.
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Robert Magnus retired from active service in a ceremony on July 17,2008, after 38 years of total service.
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Robert Magnus received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his years of superior service to the US military.
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Robert Magnus officially retired on September 1,2008; at the time of his retirement, he was the last active officer of the Corps who had served during the Vietnam War.
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Robert Magnus holds the Sharpshooter Rifle badge and several awards of the Expert Pistol badge.