Charles Mark Gurganus is a retired U.S. Marine major general who commanded Regional Command Southwest and I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) in Afghanistan and was relieved because he and General Gregg A. Sturdevant oversaw "the worst loss of U.S. airpower in a single incident since the Vietnam War" during the September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion.

Gurganus commanded Special Purpose MAGTF-8 in Haiti and the Regimental Combat Team 8 in Anbar Province, Iraq in various capacities from 2005 to 2008.

Two US service members, LtCol Christopher Raible and Sgt Bradley Atwell, were killed by enemy rocket fire in the attack.

The entire Harrier squadron was destroyed or rendered combat ineffective as a result of the raid, making the attack the largest hit on US air-power since the Vietnam War.

Before the investigation, Gurganus had been nominated for a third star as Marine Corps Chief of Staff at the Pentagon; the appointment and the possibility of promotion to lieutenant general have now been rescinded.