Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Richard I. Neal (born June 20, 1942) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (ACMC) from 1996 to 1998.Richard I. Neal born on June 20, 1942, in Hull, Massachusetts.He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps upon graduation in 1965 from Northeastern University, where he received a B.S. degree in History and Education. He later earned a Master of Arts degree in Education from Tulane University (1973).