Robert Gardner
Deputy Director Maritime Advanced Warfighting School
Biography
Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 Operations Officer for the 1st Marine Division, where he deployed to Afghanistan in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Served in artillery units, as a Naval Gunfire Instructor; a Marine Expeditionary Unit FSO; an instructor with MAWTS-1; speechwriter for the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps and Senior Aide de Camp to the 32nd and 33rd Commandants; Chief, JPG, CJ-5, CJTF-HOA in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM; Deputy Chief of Combined Policy, C5, for Combined Forces Command and the Chief of Policy, U5, for United Nations Command in the Republic of Korea; and Team Chief, Regional Border Team – North in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.
Contact Information
Areas of Expertise
- Afghanistan
- Amphibious Warfare
- Artillery
- China
- COIN
- Counterterrorism
- Ground Warfare
- Iraq
- Irregular Warfare
- Joint Operations
- JPME
- Leadership
- Operational Warfare
- Rules of Engagement
Professional Highlights
Deputy Director, Maritime Advanced Warfighting School
Deputy Director, Maritime Advanced Warfighting School
Deputy Director, Maritime Advanced Warfighting School
Deputy Director, Maritime Advanced Warfighting School
Deputy Director, Maritime Advanced Warfighting School
Senior Marine Representative, U.S. Naval War College
Senior Marine Representative, U.S. Naval War College
Education
M.A., United States Naval War College, National Security and Strategic Studies, Highest Distinction
M.S., University of Saint Mary, Management
B.S., Virginia Military Institute, Mechanical Engineering
Graduate of the Army Command and Staff College
Gradutate of the School of Advanced Warfighting (SAW)
Graduate of the Joint Forces Staff College
Related Credentials
Joint Qualified Officer
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