The first woman took the post of chief of the US Navy in an "acting capacity", even though Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin nominated someone else for the
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Col. John Lehane, who took command of the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment at a Thursday morning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, has been getting lots of phone calls since taking over the Kaneohe-based unit.
The 3rd MLR is meant to serve as a blueprint for an ambitious Marine Corps plan to restructure its entire force amid boiling geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China.