Walter Lee Miller , Jr . Brigadier General Walter Lee Miller , Jr . graduated from Texas A & M University and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in Dec 1979 via the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program . He completed The Basic School ( TBS ) and Infantry Officer ' s Course in Oct 1980 and was assigned to B Company , 1st Battalion , 3rd Marines . There he served as commander for both rifle and weapons platoons , as well as the B Company Executive Officer . He was later assigned to the battalion ' s operations section completing his tour in Oct 1983 . His next assignment was to TBS where he held both Staff Platoon Commander and tactics instructor billets from 1983 to 1986 . Following this assignment he was ordered to the Amphibious Warfare School ( AWS ) where he graduated with honors , as well as being chosen as the ground honor graduate , earning the Capt . Larry K . Shipman award . Following AWS he returned to the operating force in 1987 until 1991 , and was assigned as C Company Commander in 1st Battalion , 6th Marine Regiment . During this tour he deployed to Okinawa and later to the Republic of Panama in support of Freedom of Movement in the Canal Zone under Marine Forces Panama . He also served as the Regiment ' s Assistant Operations Officer and later as Commander of the UNITAS Rifle Company . Following his return from UNITAS he was sent to Incirlik , Turkey as a liaison officer in support of Provide Comfort . Brigadier General Miller ' s next assignment was to Plans , Policies , and Operations ; Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict ; Headquarters Marine Corps from 1991 - 1994 . He then was sent to Command and Staff College , Quantico , Virginia . Following Command and Staff College , he was assigned to Marine Forces South Liaison Element in the Republic of Panama from 1995 - 1998 . There he served as the G5 , later as the G3 and finally as the Officer In Charge . Following Panama , Brigadier General Miller returned to Second Marine Division in the summer of 1998 until the summer of 2003 . During this tour he served as the G3 Operations Officer , 2nd Marine Regiment ' s Executive Officer and finally as Commanding Officer of Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion , 2nd Marine Regiment ( BLT 2 / 2 ) . During BLT 2 / 2 ' s deployment , they participated in operations in Kosovo , Djibouti and finally went ashore in March 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom I . Upon completion of this tour with 2nd Bn , 2nd Marine Regiment he was posted as the Chief of Staff of 4th Marine Division in the summer of 2003 . He then was ordered , in the summer of 2004 , to report to III Marine Expeditionary Forces , Marine Forces Pacific in order to take command of 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit ( MEU ) and again was deployed to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom II where the MEU took charge of the AO Denver ( Western Al Anbar ) Operating Area . Upon return the MEU was deployed in an humanitarian aid / disaster relief mission to Leyte , The Republic of the Philippines , to support efforts following their disastrous mountain mud slide . In the summer of 2006 , Brigadier General Miller was then assigned as the Assistant Chief of Staff of U . S . European Command and held that billet until re - assignment to Headquarters , Marine Corps Combat Development Command in the summer of 2008 . He served as Director of the Joint Capabilities Assessment and Integration Directorate , the Marine Corps representative to the Joint Capabilities Board . In June 2009 , he was assigned to his current billet as the Director of Capabilities Development Directorate . Brigadier General Miller ' s awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal , Legion of Merit with Gold Star , Bronze Star with " V " , Defense Meritorious Service Medal , Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star , Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star and the Navy Achievement Medal . Brigadier General Miller has a Masters Degree in Curriculum Design . He is married to the former Marcela Davila and has three daughters and four Grand - children .