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John R. Ewers, Jr. is a retired major general in the
After returning from Iraq, he left the division when he was chosen to serve as the commanding officer of the Third Recruit Training Battalion, MCRD, San Diego. While in command, Ewers was selected for the rank of colonel and, in turn, selected as a commandant of the Marine Corps Fellow at the 
Returning from Iraq in February 2007, he resumed his duties as I MEF SJA until moving back to the judiciary in August 2008 as circuit military judge, Western Judicial Circuit. From April 2010 until August 2011, he was the deputy SJA to the commandant of the Marine Corps before serving as the Department of the Navy’s assistant judge advocate general for military justice. On 2 July 2014, Ewers was promoted to major general and assumed the billet of SJA to the commandant of the Marine Corps.
While serving as the 19th SJA to CMC, MajGen Ewers had the honor of throwing the first pitch at the Washington Nationals baseball game on July 31, 2018.
United States Marine Corps
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. He was the 19th staff Judge advocate
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Australia
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to the Commandant of the Marine Corps Commandant of the Marine Corps may refer to:
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Early life
MajGen Ewers was born and raised in the Washington, D.C., area. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware in 1981, where he majored in philosophy and political science. He earned his Juris Doctor at Georgetown University Law Center in 1985.Military career
MajGen Ewers received his commission as a second lieutenant in 1984. He soon became a certified judge advocate. As a junior officer, MajGen Ewers served as a prosecutor, defense counsel, special assistant U.S. Attorney, deputy staff judge advocate, military justice officer, and a recruit training series commander. MajGen Ewers received his Master of Laws as an honor graduate from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General School in 1994. He then went on to serve as a military judge from 1996 to 1999, on the Sierra Judicial Circuit, Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary. From 2000 to 2002, then-Lieutenant Colonel Ewers was the officer in charge of the Legal Service Support Section, 1st Force Service Support Group and was responsible for developing legal service support plan forI Marine Expeditionary Force
The I Marine Expeditionary Force ("I" pronounced "One") is a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) of the United States Marine Corps primarily composed of the 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and 1st Marine Logistics Group. It i ...
for what became Operation Iraqi Freedom
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. In 2002, he was assigned as the staff judge advocate (SJA) for the 1st Marine Division
The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine (military), Marine Division (military), division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the ground combat element of the I Marine E ...
. On 22 March 2003 Ewers was wounded three times by gunfire during an ambush in southern Iraq.
After returning from Iraq, he left the division when he was chosen to serve as the commanding officer of the Third Recruit Training Battalion, MCRD, San Diego. While in command, Ewers was selected for the rank of colonel and, in turn, selected as a commandant of the Marine Corps Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. From its founding in 1962 until 1987, it was an affiliate of Georgetown University, initially named the Center for Strategic and Inte ...
where he was assigned during the 2004–2005 (top-level school) academic year. He is also a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College.
In August 2005, Ewers assumed duties as SJA, I MEF, and soon thereafter was assigned to work economics and governance issues for I MEF (Forward), eventually serving as deputy team leader, Al Anbar
Al Anbar Governorate (; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The population ...
Provincial Reconstruction Team
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, in 2006-2007.
Returning from Iraq in February 2007, he resumed his duties as I MEF SJA until moving back to the judiciary in August 2008 as circuit military judge, Western Judicial Circuit. From April 2010 until August 2011, he was the deputy SJA to the commandant of the Marine Corps before serving as the Department of the Navy’s assistant judge advocate general for military justice. On 2 July 2014, Ewers was promoted to major general and assumed the billet of SJA to the commandant of the Marine Corps.
While serving as the 19th SJA to CMC, MajGen Ewers had the honor of throwing the first pitch at the Washington Nationals baseball game on July 31, 2018.
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