Talk:Alfred M. Gray Jr.

What I Remember about serving under Alfred M. Gray
General Gray pushed the every Marine was a warrior and focused on Leadership and small unit training. One of the best in motivational speakers about being a warrior. --C A Levingston 05:06, 26 February 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Caleving (talk • contribs)

Correct on the warrior ethos. Oddly enough, there is another wiki article about him but with very little information, I am not sure if this information belongs in the main article or not, but here are some points that ought to be looked at related to his time as Commandant of the Marine Corps (he was Commandant for most of my time in the Marines). He gave a lot of speeches and presentations about the promotion of a warrior culture within the Marine Corps. Part of the warrior culture issue was the introduction of "leadership reading lists" which were not mandatory requirements for even lower level leaders, but he instituted a system by which if lower enlisted personnel completed certain extra-curricular reading and study on conflict, warfare and other military leaders, it would be considered in promotion decisions, and that was separate from and in addition to the pre-existing MCI correspondence courses. Books included Tsun Tsu, Moltke and others, with more in depth study expected at higher ranks.

1988-expanded the scope of basic training, changed name to "Basic Warrior Training", with the introduction of expanded combat arms training for most Marines. Prior to Commandant Gray's reforms, Marines destined to be in non-combat arms Military Occupation Specialties (MOS's) were only given basic rifle training and some rudimentary close quarters combat training, after Gray's reforms, most Marines had more extensive combat arms training with a wider variety of weapons.

1987 onward - Shifted recruitment to the still current "Warrior theme" advertisements, usually depicting the marine as a form of modernized Knight.

1990-1991 Commandant during the US involvement in the Persian Gulf War, and the bio on Battles/Wars ought to include that.

What I am not sure of is whether Gray was instrumental in the Marine Corps adopting the sew-on name tags as that took place in 1991, I want to say late 1991, possibly 1992.

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Ribbons and Ribbon devices.
How has no one ever noticed that his awards are completely messed up? amd he is completely missing the Humanitarian Service Medal witch he is pictured Wearing with the roman numeral 2 on it. I have fix a few awards amd devices however I am unable to fix few of the other issues. Spartan1924 (talk) 20:08, 22 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I am also unable to confirm the awards of the Army Distinguished Service Medal The Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal as well as the 2nd award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and a second award of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal. Now this doesn't mean he wasn't awarded them just haven't found a official source saying he was.
 * he is missing the V device on his Legion of Merit 2 gold Service stars on his Meritorious Service Medal and he is completely missing the Humanitarian Service Medal with the Roman numeral 2. Spartan1924 (talk) 20:26, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I am also unable to confirm the award of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal. Spartan1924 (talk) 20:29, 22 March 2024 (UTC)