Gregory S. Newbold
{{short description|United States Marine Corps general}}
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|branch=25px United States Marine Corps
|serviceyears = 1970–2002
|rank = Lieutenant General
|commands = {{unbulleted list|15th Marine Expeditionary Unit|1st Marine Division}}
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|awards = Legion of Merit
|laterwork = Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Exec. VP (to 2012){{cite web|title=LtGen Gregory S. Newbold, USMC (Ret), Executive Vice President |url=http://www.potomacinstitute.org/aboutus/staff/newbold.htm |publisher=Potomac Institute for Policy Studies |year=2004 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216191720/http://www.potomacinstitute.org/aboutus/staff/newbold.htm |archivedate=February 16, 2008 |url-status=dead}}
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Lieutenant General Gregory S. Newbold is a retired United States Marine Corps 3-star general who served as Director of Operations (J-3) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2000 until he retired in October 2002. Openly critical of Donald Rumsfeld's plans for the invasion of Iraq,{{cite news|title=More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/14/washington/14military.html |author=David S. Cloud and Eric Schmitt |newspaper=New York Times |date=April 14, 2006 |url-access=subscription}} he retired partly as a protest.{{cite news|title=General With a Key Pentagon Role to Retire |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/05/02/general-with-a-key-pentagon-role-to-retire/cc22f673-d1b9-4312-896b-684f3652b3a5/ |newspaper=Washington Post |author=Thomas E. Ricks |date=May 2, 2002 |url-access=subscription}}
Career
After his commissioning as a second lieutenant in 1970 he attended The Basic School at the Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, where he was designated an infantry officer. Lieutenant General Newbold's assignments have included Fleet Marine Force tours in the 1st Marine Division, the 2nd Marine Division, and the 3rd Marine Divisions, with the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and with I Marine Expeditionary Force. He has commanded infantry units at the platoon, company, and battalion level, and also served at different times as executive officer, operations officer, and logistics officer in a variety of operational units. While Lieutenant General Newbold commanded the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, this force was in the vanguard of the U.S. commitment for Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. Prior to reporting to his assignment with the Joint Staff, he served as Commanding General, 1st Marine Division.
Lieutenant General Newbold has served tours outside the Fleet Marine Force as tactics instructor at The Basic School, officer assignment officer at Headquarters Marine Corps, Warfare Policy Planner on the Joint Staff, Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Head of the Enlisted Assignment Branch at Headquarters Marine Corps, and as the Director, Manpower Plans and Policy Division, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, DC. His professional military education has included attendance at Amphibious Warfare School, the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the National War College.
Life after retirement
General Newbold is a resident of North Carolina. On March 3, 2006, Newbold joined fellow former Marine Corps General Joseph P. Hoar, General Tony Zinni, Lt. General Frank E. Petersen, and Congressman Jack Murtha in endorsing fellow former U.S. Marine and Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb for U.S. Senate in Virginia.{{cite press release |url=http://www.webbforsenate.com/press/release.php?id=24 |title=Generals Zinni, Newbold, Petersen and Rep. Murtha Endorse Jim Webb for Senate |publisher=Jim Webb for U.S. Senate |date=May 3, 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311031121/http://www.webbforsenate.com/press/release.php?id=24 |archivedate=March 11, 2007}}
Awards
| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" |
| colspan="4"|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Defense Meritorious Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Meritorious Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Joint Service Commendation ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Commendation ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Us jointservachiev rib.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Achievement ribbon.svg|width=106}} |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Joint Meritorious Unit Award-3d.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Marine Corps Expeditionary ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Southwest Asia Service Medal ribbon (1991-2016).svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy Arctic Service Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) ribbon.svg|width=106}} |
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| colspan="4" align="right" |Legion of Merit w/ 1 award star
|colspan="4"|Defense Meritorious Service Medal |colspan="4" align="left" |Meritorious Service Medal |
| colspan="3"|Joint Service Commendation Medal
|colspan="3"|Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal |colspan="3"|Joint Service Achievement Medal w/ 1 oak leaf cluster |colspan="3"|Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal |
| colspan="3"|Joint Meritorious Unit Award
|colspan="3"|Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |colspan="3"|National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 service star |colspan="3"|Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
| colspan="3"|Southwest Asia Service Medal
|colspan="3"|Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 3 service stars |colspan="3"|Arctic Service Ribbon |colspan="3"|Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) |
References
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- {{cite web
|url=https://slsp.manpower.usmc.mil/GOSA/Biographies/rptBiography.asp?PERSON_ID=254&PERSON_TYPE=General
|title=Official Biography:Lieutenant General Gregory S. Newbold - Retired
|work=Biographies:General Officers and Senior Executives
|publisher=Manpower & Reserve Affairs, United States Marine Corps
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220042117/https://slsp.manpower.usmc.mil/GOSA/Biographies/rptBiography.asp?PERSON_ID=254&PERSON_TYPE=General
|archive-date=February 20, 2012
|url-status=dead
}}
- {{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1181629,00.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615040143/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1181629,00.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=June 15, 2006
|title=Why Iraq Was a Mistake
|author=Lt. Gen Greg Newbold (ret)
|magazine=Time
|date=April 9, 2006}}
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