Leaders

Commanding General, 1st Marine Division

Major General Thomas B. Savage

Major General Savage enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1986, is a graduate of California State University, Chico, and was commissioned in August 1991. He is a graduate of The Basic School, the Infantry Officer Course, the U.S. Army Infantry Captains Career Course (honor graduate), the Marine Corps...

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Assistant Division Commander, 1st Marine Division

Colonel David J. Hart

Colonel Dave Hart is a native of Unity, New Hampshire, served as an enlisted Marine from 1985 – 1997, attained the rank of Staff Sergeant, and was commissioned via the Meritorious Commissioning Program in December 1997. On 23 January 2026, he assumed the duties as the Assistant Division Commander...

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Sergeant Major, 1st Marine Division

Sergeant Major Hector J. Soto-Rodriguez

Sergeant Major Hector Soto-Rodriguez is a native of Fajardo, Puerto Rico and he enlisted into the Marine Corps as an infantryman in 1998. After graduating from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego California, he was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Private First Class before receiving...

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Command Master Chief, 1st Marine Division

CMDCM Wayne M. George

Master Chief George is a native of Bloomfield, New Mexico. He enlisted in 1994 and attended Recruit Training at Great Lakes, Illinois, before reporting to the Navy’s Religious Program Specialist School in Meridian, Mississippi....

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