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Bradford Gering
Official portrait, 2024
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branch United States Marine Corps
Years of service1989–present
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held

Bradford J. Gering is a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who has served as the deputy commandant for aviation of the United States Marine Corps since February 2024. [1] He most recently served as the acting commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force from August 2023 to February 2024. [2] He previously served as commanding general of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing from July 2021 to June 2023. [3] He also served as Deputy Director of Operations of the United States Africa Command. Previously, he was the Deputy Commander of the United States Marine Corps Forces Command. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] In 1989, Gering was commissioned as a second lieutenant. From 2012 to 2014, he was the commanding officer of Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) at MCAS Yuma in Arizona. [9] [10]

In March 2024, Gering was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as deputy commandant for aviation. [11] [12]

References

  1. ^ "Deputy Commandant for Aviation". Marine Corps Aviation. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "I MEF Commanding General Succession of Command Ceremony". DVIDS. August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  3. ^ "Commanding General, Third Marine Aircraft Wing". 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Gering Nominated to Rank of Major General". SIGNAL Magazine. March 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "General Officer Announcements". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
  6. ^ "US accuses Russian mercenaries of planting landmines & IEDs in Libya". SOFREP. July 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Command Photo". DVIDS.
  8. ^ "MARFORCOM assumption of command". www.marforcom.marines.mil.
  9. ^ "Command Photo". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. August 27, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  10. ^ "Photos". Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. May 22, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  11. ^ "PN458 — Maj. Gen. Bradford J. Gering — Marine Corps". U.S. Congress. March 21, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "General Officer Announcements". U.S. Department of Defense. March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander of the United States Marine Corps Forces Command
2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Commander of the United States Marine Corps Forces Command
2015–2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commanding General of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
2021–2023
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commanding General of I Marine Expeditionary Force
Acting

2023–2024
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Commandant for Aviation of the United States Marine Corps
2024–present
Incumbent