MOTO MONDAY

24 September 2015 - Passage of command from General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. to General Robert B. Neller, the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps.

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From left, retired Gen. James Terry Conway, the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), retired Gen. Paul Xavier Kelley, the 28th CMC, CMC Gen. Robert B. Neller, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., the 36th CMC, retired Gen. James L. Jones, the 32nd CMC, and retired Gen. James F. Amos, the 35th CMC, pose after the Passage of Command at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2015. Neller took command from Dunford as the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

Gen. Robert B. Neller repeats the oath of office to Secretary of the Navy, Raymond Edwin "Ray" Mabus, Jr., left, during his promotion ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2015. Neller was promoted from the rank of lieutenant general to general in the Marine Corps.

President Barack Obama nominated Dunford to be the 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on May 5, 2015. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and took over from Army General Martin Dempsey on September 25, 2015.