Committees: Audit Committee
Currently serves as the Special Assistant to the Assistant to the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Commissioned 1985 after graduation from the US Naval Academy.
Operating Force Tours:
-1986-1989 Platoon Commander, Company Executive Officer, Company L, 3d Battalion, 8th Marines, Camp Lejeune, NC
-1994-1996 Company Commander, Company E, 2d Battalion, 6th Marines, Camp Lejeune, NC
-1996-1998 Battalion Operations Officer, Battalion Executive Officer, 151 Battalion, 2nd Marines, Camp Lejeune, NC
-2003 Plans Officer, 151 Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, CA
-2003-2005 Commanding Officer, 151 Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 151 Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, CA
Other Tours
-1985-1986 Student, Basic Officer Course, Infantry Officer Course, The Basic School, Quantico, VA
-1989-1992 Tactics Instructor; Commanding Officer, Enlisted Instructor Company, The Basic School, Quantico, VA
-1 992-1993 Student, Amphibious Warfare School, Quantico, VA
-1993-1994 Military Observer, UN Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission
-1998-1999 Student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
-1999-2000 Student, Arabic Basic Course, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA
-2000-2001 Foreign Area Officer Training, American Embassy, Cairo, Egypt
-2002-2003 Strategic Analyst, Strategic Initiatives Group, HQ Marine Corps, Washington, DC
-2005-2006 Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, NDU, Washington, DC
-2006-2007 Country Desk Officer, Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Libya, Joint Staff J5.
Education
-1985 BS in Mechanical Engineering, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
-2000 MA in National Security Affairs (Middle East Regional Affairs curriculum), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
-2006 MS in National Resource Strategy, ICAF, NDU, Washington, DC
Married to the former Caroline MOlTison. Three children; Zachary, Lance Corporal USMCR and snldent at Virginia Tech; twin daughters, Katherine, student at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Genevieve, student at Virginia Tech.
