{{short description|U.S. Marine Corps general}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use American English|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox military person | name = William M. Jurney | image = Lt. Gen. William M. Jurney.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Official portrait, 2021 | nickname = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Marine Corps | service_years = 1987–2024<ref name="II"/> | rank = Lieutenant General | service_number = | unit = | commands = {{plainlist| *United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific *II Marine Expeditionary Force *Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command *Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center *3rd Marine Division *Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego }} | battles = Gulf War<br/>War in Afghanistan<br/>Iraq War | awards = Defense Superior Service Medal (3)<br/>Legion of Merit<br/>Bronze Star Medal (2) | relations = | other_work = }} '''William M. Jurney''' is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who last served as the commander of United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific from 2022 to 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Little|first=Chuck|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/428775/us-marine-corps-forces-pacific-change-command|title=U.S Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Change of Command|date=2022-09-07|access-date=2022-09-08|website=DVIDS}}</ref> He most recently served as commanding general of the II Marine Expeditionary Force from 2021 to 2022.<ref name="II">{{cite web|url=https://www.iimef.marines.mil/About/Leaders/Article-View/Article/2685309/lieutenant-general-bill-jurney/|title=Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force|access-date=2021-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2575987/general-officer-announcements/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620160330/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2575987/general-officer-announcements/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 20, 2021|title=General Officer Announcements|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE}}</ref> He previously served as Commanding General of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command and Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center and prior to that was the Commanding General of the 3rd Marine Division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.29palms.marines.mil/Leaders/Leaders-View/Article/1544903/major-general-bill-jurney/|title=Major General Bill Jurney|website=www.29palms.marines.mil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://okinawa.stripes.com/community-news/command-caltrap-transfers-jurney-bierman|title=Command of Caltrap transfers from Jurney to Bierman|date=August 14, 2020|website=Stripes Okinawa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/jurney-takes-over-at-3rd-marine-division-on-okinawa-1.536325|title=Jurney takes over at 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa|website=Stars and Stripes}}</ref>
==Honours== *55px|ribbon bar Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/100838122.pdf|title= 2025 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals|access-date= 2 May 2025|date= 2 May 2025|website= Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Craig Q. Timberlake}} {{s-ttl|title=Commanding General of the 3rd Marine Division|years=2018–2020}} {{s-aft|after=James W. Bierman}} |- {{s-bef|before=Roger B. Turner Jr.}} {{s-ttl|title=Commanding General of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command and Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center|years=2020–2021}} {{s-aft|after=Austin E. Renforth}} |- {{s-bef|before=Brian Beaudreault}} {{s-ttl|title=Commanding General of the II Marine Expeditionary Force|years=2021–2022}} {{s-aft|after=David Ottignon}} |- {{s-bef|before=Steven R. Rudder}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of the United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific|years=2022–2024}} {{s-aft|after=James F. Glynn}} {{s-end}}
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