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New Marine Corps Information Warfare Leader Nominated

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, May 21st, 2018

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New Marine Corps Information Warfare Leader Nominated

Maj. Gen. Loretta Reynolds, nominee to be the next Marine Corps deputy commandant for information

The Pentagon nominated Maj. Gen. Loretta Reynolds on May 18 to be the Marine Corps’ next deputy commander of information warfare. Pending Senate confirmation, Reynolds, the current commander of Marine Corps Forces Cyber Command, will receive and third star and oversee the service’s cyber, signals intelligence and electronic warfare operations.She is the second official to hold the deputy commandant for information position since it was created June of last year. Reynolds succeeds Lt. Gen. Daniel O’Donohue who was been selected…

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