Gary Lee Thomas (born 1962) is a United States Marine Corps four-star general. He is the current Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. Gen Thomas is a naval aviator who flew the &lt;a href="McDonnell%20Douglas%20F/A-18%20Hornet"&gt;McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet&lt;/a&gt; and participated in combat operations during the Gulf War, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and the War in Afghanistan. He has commanded at the squadron and Wing level and also lead Marine Corps aviation's weapons school. Thomas is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and National Defense University.