Colonel Patrick Tucker

Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics, I Marine Expeditionary Force USMC

Colonel Tucker is from Arlington, Texas. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and was commissioned in December 1993. He earned a MBA from Valdosta State University, and a Master of Arts in Diplomacy from Norwich University. He is also a graduate of the Army Command & General Staff College Fort Leavenworth, KS, and the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. His command assignments include Bravo Company Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, GA; Motor T Maintenance Company 3d Maintenance Battalion Okinawa; Officer Candidate School Platoon Commander Quantico, VA; Material Readiness Company 1st Supply Battalion Camp Pendleton, CA; Supply Company Combat Logistics Regiment 15 Fwd during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Commanding Officer Defense Logistics Agency Depot Guam Marianas; Combat Logistics Battalion 3 Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; Combat Logistics Regiment 15 Camp Pendleton, CA; Deputy Commander Marine Forces Europe/Africa. His operating force staff assignments include serving in the Supply Management Unit at 3d Force Service Support Group Okinawa; as the Supply Officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Okinawa, in the Supply Management Unit at 1st Marine Logistics Group Camp Pendleton, CA; as the Executive Officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 11 Camp Pendleton, CA; as the Assistant Chief of Staff G4 for 1st Marine Logistics Group Camp Pendleton, CA; and as the Assistant Chief of Staff G4 to Marine Forces Europe/Africa. His supporting establishment assignments include serving as Formal Schools Supply Officer Marine Corps Logistics Command Albany, GA; the Marine Officer Instructor at the University of Nebraska; the Future Plans Officer in the Joint Logistics Operations Center at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) HQ Fort Belvoir VA; as the Executive Assistant to the DLA Director, and Futures Branch Head at the Marine Corps Logistics Operations Group 29 Palms, CA.