Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps placed on Body Composition Program
HENDERSON HALL, Va. — Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green was placed on the Body Composition Program by Commandant of the Marine Corps Robert B. Neller late last week, Duffel Blog has learned.
Green, a 34-year veteran of the Corps, has “really let himself go” in recent months, according to multiple sources at Headquarters Marine Corps.
“That man is thicker than a Snicker," said a colonel who requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the topic. “It is good to see the Marine Corps holding senior leaders accountable for their actions, just like we do with lance corporals who make one mistake and are immediately punished."
Green has been spotted running every day at noon in his green-on-green physical training uniform alongside Gen. Robert Neller and other “bigger boned” senior Marine leaders, a ritual known to BCP Marines across the Corps as the “lunch bunch."
Green was placed on the remedial PT program just days after he appeared at Quantico's Modern Day Marine Expo,…
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