Toolan joined the United States Marine Corps in 1976, and graduated from the Basic School in April 1977. His first assignment was with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines in Okinawa, Japan. After three years service at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, he served as company commander of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines from 1982 to 1984.
He also served as Director of Command and Staff College at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, and, in September 2012, he took command of I Marine Expeditionary Force. Toolan retired from the Marine Corps on October 1, 2016.[4]
john, toolan, john, jocko, toolan, born, january, 1954, retired, united, states, marine, corps, lieutenant, general, whose, final, post, commanding, general, united, states, marine, corps, forces, pacific, john, toolanborn, 1954, january, 1954, brooklyn, york,. John Jocko A Toolan Jr born January 28 1954 is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general 1 whose final post was as the Commanding General United States Marine Corps Forces Pacific 2 3 John ToolanBorn 1954 01 28 January 28 1954 age 70 Brooklyn New York U S AllegianceUnited StatesService wbr branchUnited States Marine CorpsYears of service1976 2016RankLieutenant GeneralCommands heldUnited States Marine Corps Forces Pacific II MEF FWD Regional Command Southwest 2D Marine Division Regimental Combat Team 1 1st Marines 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance BattalionBattles warsGulf WarIraq WarWar in AfghanistanAwardsDefense Superior Service Medal 2 Legion of Merit with Valor 3 Marine Corps career editThis section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources John A Toolan news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2024 Learn how and when to remove this message Toolan joined the United States Marine Corps in 1976 and graduated from the Basic School in April 1977 His first assignment was with the 1st Battalion 9th Marines in Okinawa Japan After three years service at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego he served as company commander of Golf Company 2nd Battalion 7th Marines from 1982 to 1984 Toolan saw service in the Gulf War in 1991 before taking command of the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms California He also served on the Supreme Allied Headquarters in Europe In 2003 Toolan served as the Chief of Staff for 1st Marine Division during the march to Baghdad as part of the Iraq War serving under Major General James Mattis In 2004 he commanded 1st Marine Regiment during the First Battle of Fallujah From March 2011 to March 2012 Toolan commanded Regional Command Southwest during the War in Afghanistan He also served as Director of Command and Staff College at Marine Corps Base Quantico Virginia and in September 2012 he took command of I Marine Expeditionary Force Toolan retired from the Marine Corps on October 1 2016 4 Awards honors and decorations edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp First row Defense Superior Service Medal w 1 oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit w valor device amp 2 award stars Meritorious Service Medal w 1 award star Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal w 1 award star Second row Combat Action Ribbon Presidential Unit Citation Joint Meritorious Unit Award w 1 oak leaf cluster Navy Unit Commendation w 2 service stars Third row Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Unit Commendation National Defense Service Medal w 1 service star Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal w 2 service stars Fourth row Kosovo Campaign Medal w 1 service star Afghanistan Campaign Medal w 1 service star Iraq Campaign Medal w 2 service stars Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Fifth row Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Korea Defense Service Medal Sea Service Ribbon w 9 service stars Overseas Service Ribbon w 1 service star Sixth row Drill Instructor Ribbon NATO Medal Kosovo Kuwait Liberation Medal Saudi Arabia Kuwait Liberation Medal Kuwait Badge Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification BadgeReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to John A Toolan Senior Fellows Leaders Marine general is tough enough to smile 26 January 2013 Senior Fellows nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the United States Marine Corps is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John A Toolan amp oldid 1223525374, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
