Jarvis Lynch Major General Jarvis D . Lynch Jr . , USMC , ( born February 17 , 1933 ) retired in 1991 as the Commanding General , Marine Corps Recruit Depot / Commanding General , Eastern Recruiting Region , Parris Island , South Carolina . Early years . A native of Glassboro , New Jersey , General Lynch was born on February 17 , 1933 , and graduated from Glassboro High School in 1951 . Military career . He received his B . S . Degree from the U . S . Naval Academy in June 1956 , and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps . He also holds an M . S . degree in Management Technology from American University , conferred in 1973 . Upon completion of The Basic School , Quantico , Virginia . , in March 1957 , he was assigned to the 1st Battalion , 4th Marines in Hawaii . While there , he was promoted to first lieutenant in December 1957 . Transferred to Los Angeles , California , in May 1959 , he was assigned to the Officer Selection Team as the Assistant Officer Selection Officer until May 1962 . He was promoted to captain in October 1961 . Lynch transferred overseas in July 1962 , where he served for a year as an Assistant Operations Officer , 3d Marine Division , on Okinawa . On his return to the states in August 1963 , he served for two years as the Senior Tactics instructor and Chief Instructor of the 2d Infantry Training Regiment , Camp Pendleton , California . During July 1965 , he returned to the United States Naval Academy as an Instructor and Company Officer . While at Annapolis , he was promoted to major in October 1966 . From August 1967 until June 1968 , he attended the Marine Corps Command and Staff College at Quantico , graduating as an Honor Graduate . He was transferred to Vietnam for duty as the Operations Officer of 2d Battalion , 26th Marines ( also Battalion Landing Team 2 / 26 ) and later with Special Landing Force Alpha . Ordered to Headquarters Marine Corps , Washington , D . C . , in August 1969 , General Lynch served as a Plans Officer in the Plans and Programs Branch , G - 3 Division . In January 1972 , he returned to school and received his master ' s degree from American University in Washington , D . C . following completion of school in July 1973 , Lynch was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel . He was assigned duties as Instructor and Chief of Combat Service Support Instruction Division , Education Center , at the Marine Corps Combat Development and Education Command , Quantico . From April 1977 until June 1978 , Lynch attended the Naval War College at Newport , Rhode Island , graduating with distinction . The following month , he returned to the Far East for duty as the Operations Officer of III Marine Amphibious Force , on Okinawa . During December of that year , he was promoted to colonel . Lynch reported to New Orleans and assumed duty as the Deputy Director , 8th Marine Corps district , in August 1979 . In June 1981 , he became the 18th Director of the 8th Marine Corps District in New Orleans . He served in this capacity until June 1983 , when he reported to Headquarters , Fleet Marine Force , Pacific , Camp H . M . Smith , Hawaii , to assume the duties as Chief of Staff . While serving in this capacity , he was selected in February 1985 for promotion to Brigadier General . He was advanced to that grade on June 18 , 1985 and assigned as the assistant Chief of Staff for Operations , Headquarters , Allied Forces , Northern European Command , near Oslo , Norway on July 15 , 1985 . Lynch was assigned as the Commanding General , 2nd Force Service Support Group ( Rein ) , Camp Lejeune , North Carolina , on 18 September 1987 . He was advanced to Major General on 5 May 1988 . According to the book Making The Corps , Lynch favored tough realistic training in Marine boot camp . His philosophy was " I don ' t mind bloody or broken noses " . The General always signed his memos " no prisoners " . Post - military life . In 1995 , General Lynch was named the U . S . Naval Institute ' s , " Distinguished Author of the Year . " A 1988 article , " Landmines , Lies and Other Phenomena " , addressing the subject of the ongoing landmine controversy , appeared in the Naval Institute ' s " Proceedings " magazine . Awards . General Lynch ' s decorations and medals include :