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]]总统选择提名时任陆战队部队司令部司令兼陆战队欧洲司令部司令的内勒为[[美国海军陆战队司令]]，接替将出任[[参谋长联席会议主席]]的[[约瑟夫·邓福德]]上将<ref>{{cite web | title = Carter: Troops will be Hard at Work Worldwide July 4th| publisher = dod | url = http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=129198}}</ref>，7月15日[[美国参议院]]正式收到了总统的提名，7月23日内勒在参议院军事委员会举行的听证会上作证<ref>{{cite web| title = VIDEOS: Highlights from USMC commandant nominee Lt. Gen. Robert B. Neller’s Senate Armed Services Committee testimony| publisher = nationalsecurityzone| url = http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/onthebeat/videos-highlights-from-usmc-commandant-nominee-lt-gen-robert-b-nellers-senate-armed-services-committee-testimony/}}{{dead link|date=2018年4月 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>，8月5日提名在参议院通过<ref>{{cite web | title = PN663 — Lt. Gen. Robert B. Neller — Marine Corps| publisher = Congress | url = https://www.congress.gov/nomination/114th-congress/663}}</ref>，9月24日内勒与邓福德进行了交接仪式<ref>{{cite web | title = Neller Assumes Command of Marine Corps From Dunford| publisher = dod | url = http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/620428/neller-assumes-command-of-marine-corps-from-dunford?source=GovDelivery}}</ref>，内勒晋升并将并担任第37任海军陆战队司令。