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Commandant Issues Second Innovation Challenge

Marine administrative message 110/17 announces the second “Commandant’s Innovation Challenge”.

Cpl. Lance Decker, an administrative clerk with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, holds the Headquarters Bn. guidon before the start of a military appearance inspection at the Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Oct. 11, 2013. Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of MARFORRES and Marine Forces North published a force policy letter to be implemented by his Marines without delay, addressing the commandant's initiatives to get back to the basics. - Cpl. Lance Decker, an administrative clerk with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, holds the Headquarters Bn. guidon before the start of a military appearance inspection at the Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Oct. 11, 2013. Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of MARFORRES and Marine Forces North published a force policy letter to be implemented by his Marines without delay, addressing the commandant's initiatives to get back to the basics.

Back to basics: commander MARFORRES provides intent for Marines within command

“After a decade of war we have an opportunity to ‘reset’ our Corps... A refocus on our ethos and values… a refocus on who we are and what we do,” said Gen. James F. Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps. Amos delivered this statement to the Corps’ senior officers during the General Officer Symposium at Quantico, Va., Sept. 23, 2013. His senior

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