US Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Yearbook (Parris Island, SC)

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. ti 1. MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN G. OLMSTEAD Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot General Olmstead was born in Albany, N.Y., November 10, 1929 and graduated from Bethlehem Central High School in 1947. He holds a B.S. degree in Military Science from the University of Maryland 119631 and an M.S. degree in Interna- tional Affairs from George Washington University 119701. Enlisting in the Marine Corps in August 1948, he participated in the Korean Conflict as a squad leader with the 3d Battalion, First Marines, lst Marine Division. He attended The Basic School, Quantico, Va., and was commissioned a second lieuten- ant in June 1951. General Olmstead remained at Quantico and served consecu- tively as a platoon leader and a company executive officer of the Demonstration Troops until January 1953. He also attended the U.S. Naval Justice School, Newport, R.l., during this period. He was promoted to first lieutenant in October 1952. General Olmstead then served as Executive Officer, Marine Detachment, aboard the USS NORTH HAMPTON, until October 1954, when he was transferred to Manchester, N.H., as Inspector- lnstructor, 18th Rifle Company. He was promoted to captain in March 1954. ln October 1957, he was ordered to Camp Lejeune, N.C., as Assistant S-3 Officer, 2d Battalion, Eighth Marines, 2d Marine Division. ln January 1958, he was reassigned as a company commander, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, and attended the Advanced lnfantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., from July 1959 to May 1960. General Olmstead was assigned to Camp Butler, Okinawa, as Assistant S-4 Officer. He returned to the United States in July 1961 as an instructor at the U.S. Army Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Md. He was promoted to major in September 1961. Transferred to the 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune in July 1964, he served as S-3 and S-2 Officer, Sixth Amphibious Unit and Regimental Landing Team-6 in the Dominican Republic. ln May 1966 he was ordered to the Republic of Vietnam as the command briefer at the U.S. Military Assistance Command. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in October 1966. General Olmstead was assigned as an operations officer on the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., in May 1967. He then attended the Naval War College, Newport, R.I., graduating as a Distinguished Graduatew in June 1970. He then reported to Headquarters Marine Corps. Washington, D.C., as a branch head in the G-3 Division. He was promoted to colonel in September 1971: ' ln .luly 1973 he was ordered to Okinawa as Regimental Com- mander, Ninth Marines, 3d Marine Division. ln May 1974, he was transferred to the staff of the Commander, 6th Fleet, in Gaeta, Italy, as the Fleet Marine Officer. He was advanced to brigadier general on April 1, 1976 and assigned duty as Director, Development Center, Marine Corps Development and Educa- tion Command, Quantico, Va., on June 15, 1976. He was as- signed additional duty of Deputy Chief of Staff, Research, De- velopment and Studies, Headquarters Marine Corps. General Olmstead was advanced to major general on May 23, 1978 and assigned duty as Commanding General, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., on June 30, 1978. He assumed duty as the Commanding General, Ill Marine Amphibious For- cefCommanding General, 3d Marine Division, FMF, Pacific, Okinawa, Japan, in July 1980. On June 29, 1982 he became the Deputy Chief of Staff for Reserve Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps until July 6, 1984 when he assumed his present assign- ment. General O1mstead's decorations and medals include: the Le- gion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, Joint Service Commenda- tion Medalg Navy Commendation Medal, the Army Commenda- tion Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commen- dationg and the Republic of Korea Cheonsu Medal. Major General Olmstead and his wife, the former Vera L. Mead of Bucyrus, Ohio have three children, Barbara J. tMrs. Theodore R. Schneblel, Elizabeth A. fMrs. Michael L. Lovej, and Stephen G. Ca Marine officerj.