Marine Corps is an elite unit which means promotions are sometimes hard to get
NY Times:
As a former Marine officer, I know how hard it was to just get through OCS. I remember seeing sharp people from prestigious colleges who did not make it through the selection process. I was wounded in action as XO of a rifle company in Vietnam in Northern I Corps in 1968. That eventually ended my career after recovering in the hospital.
I then went to law school and had a career that led me to be a general counsel of two different companies. But my role as an officer in the Marine Corps helped me to achieve those positions.
I am sure this colonel is a great officer or he would not have risen to that rank. Not many people do. But I am also sure that many white officers were also passed over for promotion to the higher rank. That is the nature of the Marine Corps.
The Few, the Proud, the White: The Marine Corps Balks at Promoting Generals of Color
A respected, combat-tested Black colonel has been passed over three times for promotion to brigadier general. What does his fate say about the Corps?
As a former Marine officer, I know how hard it was to just get through OCS. I remember seeing sharp people from prestigious colleges who did not make it through the selection process. I was wounded in action as XO of a rifle company in Vietnam in Northern I Corps in 1968. That eventually ended my career after recovering in the hospital.
I then went to law school and had a career that led me to be a general counsel of two different companies. But my role as an officer in the Marine Corps helped me to achieve those positions.
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