{"id":89284,"date":"2017-08-04T21:50:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T21:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/04\/marine-infantry-battalion-commander-quietly-sacked\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:24:17","slug":"marine-infantry-battalion-commander-quietly-sacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2017\/08\/04\/marine-infantry-battalion-commander-quietly-sacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine infantry battalion commander quietly sacked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commander of an infantry battalion at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was fired in June, Marine Corps Times has learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is one of five North Carolina-based Marine commanders fired this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Col. Jeffrey Brown was relieved of his duties as commander of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines on June 14, II MEF spokesman Lt. Col. Michael Armistead confirmed on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/2017\/08\/03\/fourth-north-carolina-based-marine-commander-fired-this-year\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Grzybowski.jpg.jpg?w=277\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Fourth North Carolina-based Marine commander fired this year<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lt. Col. Shawn Grzybowski was relieved of his duties Thursday as commander of Combat Logistics Battalion 8 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col. Daniel Greenwood, then commander of the 2nd Marine Regiment fired Brown because he was no longer confident in Brown\u2019s ability to lead the battalion, Armistead said in an email. No further information on what led Greenwood to relieve Brown was available on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown is not under investigation and has been reassigned within II MEF, Armistead said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps did not publicly announce Brown\u2019s firing at the time because it was not due to any misconduct nor was it the result of an investigation, Armistead explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Col. Scott Stephan has assumed command of the battalion. Stephan had previously been assigned to 2nd Marine Logistics Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/06\/13\/colonel-fired-as-commander-of-marine-corps-engineer-school\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/daniel-p-ohora-2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Colonel fired as commander of Marine Corps Engineer School<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Col. 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