as assistant to the director of Long Range objectives group, Rear Admiral Roy L. Johnson. While still serving in this capacity, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in May 1957. He subsequently relieved Brigadier General Jack P. Juhan in July 1957 as commanding general of the Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic based at Camp Lejeune. In this capacity, he was responsible for all independent units under FMFLANT such as support artillery units, antiaircraft artillery units, military police battalions, separate engineer units and other miscellaneous force units of the Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic. However following the Lebanese political crisis caused by political and religious tensions in the country in July 1958, President Camille Chamoun had requested the military assistance, which President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved and responded by authorizing Operation Blue Bat on July 15, 1958. The United States subsequently sent approximately 14,000 men, including 5,670 officers and men of the United States Marine Corps, which were formed to the 2nd Provisional Marine Force. General Wade was subsequently appointed commanding general of that Force and sailed to Lebanon, where he went ashore in Beirut and remained in command of all marine forces throughout the crisis. For his meritorious service during the crisis, Wade was decorated with Navy Distinguished Service Medal. He also received the Stephen Decatur Award for Operational Excellence from the Navy League of the United States. General Wade returned to Camp Lejeune at the beginning of October 1958 and relieved Brigadier General Randall M. Victory as assistant division commander of the 2nd Marine Division stationed there. He relieved Major General James P. Riseley as commanding general of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in July 1959 and remained in this capacity until October 1960. Meanwhile, he was promoted to the rank of major general in July 1960. He was transferred to the Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, D.C., as assistant chief of staff (G-3), the staff officer in charge of plans and operations. This duty was terminated in September 1961, when he was transferred to the Pentagon as Marine Corps liaison officer in the Office of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Claude V. Ricketts. He was succeeded by Brigadier General Henry W. Buse. On 15 February 1962, Major General Wade was transferred to San Diego, California, and assumed command of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. He was subsequently transferred to Hawaii