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08-19-09, 06:03 AM
Officer Candidates School comes under new command
8/18/2009 By Lance Cpl. Lucas G. Lowe , Marine Corps Base Quantico
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. —
Col. Richard V. Mancini formally relinquished command of Officer Candidates School to Col. Richard C. Jackson in a change of command ceremony Aug. 13 at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
Mancini summed up his time spent at OCS as he offered his closing remarks.
“It’s all about the young men and women who come through our institution,” said Mancini.
He went on to congratulate and welcome Jackson aboard as the new commanding officer.
Jackson enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1982. He was accepted for the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program during his first enlistment and attended OCS, The Basic School and Infantry Officers Course in 1986.
Jackson’s first assignment as a commissioned officer was Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, where he commanded a platoon in Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. His next tour was at Marine Corps Combat Development Command, where he served as an infantry platoon commander with Instructor Company, TBS. He was also an aide-de-camp to the commanding general of Training and Education Command.
Jackson was the senior advisor to 1st Brigade, Royal Saudi Marine Corps and Eastern Fleet in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 11, 2001.
Mancini, a Plattsburg, N.Y., native, was commissioned in 1980 after graduating from the Platoon Leaders Course at OCS. He served in various commands throughout his Marine Corps career that included Headquarters Marine Corps, Republic of Korea - United States Combined Forces Command and United States Atlantic Command, Norfolk, Va. Mancini assumed command of OCS in June 2007.
Mancini’s next assignment is to the Security, Cooperation, Education and Training Center East here.
Mancini highlighted the overall spirit of the ceremony with his last words as CO.
“You have good Americans, like teachers or firefighters – people who give back to society. And then you have great Americans, such as the candidates. The young people who come through OCS have two very endearing traits: the willingness to serve our country, and the desire to take care of our most precious asset, our enlisted Marines.”
Correspondent: lucas.lowe@usmc.mil
Ellie
8/18/2009 By Lance Cpl. Lucas G. Lowe , Marine Corps Base Quantico
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. —
Col. Richard V. Mancini formally relinquished command of Officer Candidates School to Col. Richard C. Jackson in a change of command ceremony Aug. 13 at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
Mancini summed up his time spent at OCS as he offered his closing remarks.
“It’s all about the young men and women who come through our institution,” said Mancini.
He went on to congratulate and welcome Jackson aboard as the new commanding officer.
Jackson enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1982. He was accepted for the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program during his first enlistment and attended OCS, The Basic School and Infantry Officers Course in 1986.
Jackson’s first assignment as a commissioned officer was Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, where he commanded a platoon in Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. His next tour was at Marine Corps Combat Development Command, where he served as an infantry platoon commander with Instructor Company, TBS. He was also an aide-de-camp to the commanding general of Training and Education Command.
Jackson was the senior advisor to 1st Brigade, Royal Saudi Marine Corps and Eastern Fleet in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 11, 2001.
Mancini, a Plattsburg, N.Y., native, was commissioned in 1980 after graduating from the Platoon Leaders Course at OCS. He served in various commands throughout his Marine Corps career that included Headquarters Marine Corps, Republic of Korea - United States Combined Forces Command and United States Atlantic Command, Norfolk, Va. Mancini assumed command of OCS in June 2007.
Mancini’s next assignment is to the Security, Cooperation, Education and Training Center East here.
Mancini highlighted the overall spirit of the ceremony with his last words as CO.
“You have good Americans, like teachers or firefighters – people who give back to society. And then you have great Americans, such as the candidates. The young people who come through OCS have two very endearing traits: the willingness to serve our country, and the desire to take care of our most precious asset, our enlisted Marines.”
Correspondent: lucas.lowe@usmc.mil
Ellie