Daniel Yoo (general)
United States Marine Corps general
Daniel Daejin Yoo (born July 4, )[2] is a retired United States Marine Corpsmajor general and former commander of United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command.[3][4] He was the first Korean-American general in the history of the United States Marine Corps.[5][6]
Education
Yoo graduated from Arizona State University in with a Bachelor of Science degree in Justice Studies.[3][7][8] He is a graduate of the Naval War College, Army Ranger School and United States Army Airborne School.
Military career
Yoo was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps as a second lieutenant in following completion of Officer Candidate School. Upon graduation from The Basic School and the Infantry Officers Course, Yoo reported to the 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, in He served with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines as a rifle platoon commander, heavy machine gun platoon commander, weapons company executive officer and a rifle company commander.[9] In , Yoo received assignment to the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Di
Korean American appointed commanding general of US Marine division
Daniel D. Yoo (U.S. Marine Corps)
By Jun Ji-hye
Daniel D. Yoo, a Korean American brigadier general in the U.S. Marine Corps, has been appointed commanding general of the 1st Marine Division.
Yoo, formerly the assistant division commander at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., took command of the division of 23, troops on July 30 from Maj. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson.
Nicholson will take command of the III Marine Expeditionary Force at Okinawa, Japan, next month.
The 1st Marine Division participated in the Korean War. The division took a leading role in Gen. Douglas MacArthur&#;s famous Incheon Landing operation, code named &#;Operation Chromite.&#;
The change of command ceremony took place at the 1st Marine Division Headquarters Building, commonly known as the White House.
The division said Yoo, who became the first Korean American U.S. general in , approached Nicholson first and thanked him for his leadership while at the division.
&#;Thank you very much on behalf of the entire division,&#; said Yoo. &#;For your truly genuine and unique style of leadership, you have touched the lives of every si
Korean-American commands US Marine division
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Daniel D. Yoo, a Korean-American brigadier general in the U.S. Marine Corps, has been appointed commanding general of the 1st Marine Division.
Yoo, formerly the assistant division commander at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., took command of the division of 23, troops on July 30 from Maj. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson.
Nicholson will take command of the III Marine Expeditionary Force at Okinawa, Japan, next month.
The 1st Marine Division participated in the Korean War. The division took a leading role in Gen. Douglas MacArthur's famous Incheon Landing operation, code named "Operation Chromite."
The change of command ceremony took place at the 1st Marine Division Headquarters Building, commonly known as the White House.
The division said Yoo, who became the first Korean-American U.S. general in , approached Nicholson first and thanked him for his leadership while at the division.
"Thank you very much on behalf of the entire division," said Yoo. "For your truly genuine and unique style of leadership, you have touched the lives of every single pe
Defense Media Network
Although the youngest and smallest of USSOCOM’s service components, the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) also is perhaps the fastest evolving of the four special operations forces (SOF) units. Those changes are internal to MARSOC as well as related to its role within the larger Marine Corps and SOCOM itself.
Maj. Gen. Dan Yoo assumed command of MARSOC only a few months after the March release of MARSOF , the command’s developmental guidebook to evolving the best unit compositions, training, equipment, concept of operations, and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for any deployments or conflicts it may face through the next decade.
He reviewed MARSOC’s year history, current status and future plans in an interview with Special Operations Outlook senior writer J.R. Wilson.
MARSOC Commander Maj. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo. |
Special Operations Outlook: What have been the highlights for MARSOC in the past year?
Maj. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo: We’ve been consistently deployed to three combatant command AORs – Pacific Command [PACOM], Central Command [CENTCOM] and Africa Command [
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