MCRDSD Leaders

USMC Leaders

General Eric M. Smith

Commandant of the Marine Corps

General Smith is currently serving as the 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Plano, Texas, General Smith graduated from Texas A&M University and was commissioned in 1987.

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Sergeant Major Carlos A. Ruiz

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

Sergeant Major Ruiz assumed his current post as the 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps on August 10, 2023.

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MCRD San Diego Leaders

Brigadier General David C. Hyman

Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Western Recruiting Region

Brigadier General Hyman enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1993 and was a personnel clerk assigned to Company I, 3d Battalion, 23d Marines, 4th Marine Division in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He attended Officer Candidates School and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1997, upon graduating from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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Colonel Charles Von Bergen

Chief of Staff, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Western Recruiting Region

Colonel Von Bergen was commissioned in 1996 and after completion of The Basic School and Field Artillery Basic Officer’s Course he was assigned to 3d Battalion, 11th Marines.

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Sergeant Major Oranjel Leavy

Sergeant Major, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Western Recruiting Region

Sergeant Major Leavy enlisted in the Marine Corps on 21 May 1996 and underwent recruit training at Parris Island, South Carolina. He Graduated recruit training on 13 August 1996.

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