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1970 University of Idaho gradu- ate, Gen. James Amos, 66, has held a range of commands in the Marine Corps, including the battle- proven 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Earlier this year, Amos addressed the Stars and Stripes Dinner at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA), even bringing the president’s band in tow. In his remarks, Amos promised to press hard to make the Marine Corps leadership ranks more diverse. Amos also discussed the reliance of the mili- tary on technology and the engineers
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by Michael A. Fletcher
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MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GEN. JAMES AMOS SPEAKS AT BEYA
who produce the innovation. Lightly ed- ited excerpts of his speech follow here: “I went to BEYA last year, and I was a brand new service chief. And Wil- lie Williams and Ron Coleman, who are like brothers to me, said, ‘Sir, you’ve got to go.’ And I said, ‘Well, what is it?’ “Well, it’s the Black Engineer of
the Year Award. And they said, ‘Sir, you just have to go,” and we went. And I committed that night―and I committed that night that as long as I were ever to wear this uniform on active duty, that I would make every single one of these things. I can’t think – when I think
about our service in―and I really speak on behalf of all the service chiefs. I mean, I’m absolutely confident of this, I can’t think of a more important place to be than to be here tonight and to honor our engineers. I’m proud to be here. “And I won’t miss another one, and I’m proud of my leadership that showed up here today mentoring. We were talking this evening about how important mentoring is. We made a commitment about 15 months ago in the Marine Corps that we are going to turn things around. We’ve got great young African-American enlisted and great
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