Michael H. Decker

Michael H. Decker
5th Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight
In office
September, 2009 – February, 2014
President Barack Obama
Secretary Robert M. Gates
Leon Panetta
Chuck Hagel
Preceded by William Dugan
Director of Intelligence, USMC
In office
January, 2004 – June, 2005
President George W. Bush
Preceded by MajGen Michael E. Ennis, USMC
Succeeded by MajGen Richard M. Lake, USMC
Personal details
Alma mater University of Notre Dame (B.A.)
Georgetown University (M.A.)
National Intelligence University (M.S.)


Michael H. Decker served as the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight. from September 2009 thru February 2014. Before that he served as Assistant Director of Intelligence, United States Marine Corps.

Early life and education

Decker obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and later earned his Master of Arts in Government/National Security Studies from Georgetown University. He also holds a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence from the National Defense Intelligence College.[1]

Military career

Decker was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and served as an infantry platoon commander during operations to the Mediterranean Sea. He later deployed as an assistant battalion operations officer to Beirut, Lebanon as part of the Multinational Force in Lebanon in 1982. After returning to the United States, Decker served as an infantry company commander and later as assistant operations officer for an expeditionary unit in Honduras. Reassigned to Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Decker served as the Marine Corps Security Force/Marine Security Guard policy and program officer.[1]

Decker next served as an intelligence officer with a Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Western Pacific and later as a Marine Expeditionary Force production/analysis officer in an all-source fusion center, where he coordinated all intelligence aspects of Marine participation in Central Command theater contingency planning and exercises.[1]

Decker deployed to Saudi Arabia as a senior intelligence analyst, supervising enemy order of battle analysis and coordinating political analysis and theater intelligence liaison for Marine Forces Central Command during the Gulf War. Decker was medically retired in 1991.[1]

Awards and decorations

Decker's awards include:

Decker's military decorations include:

Personal life

Decker is married and has two sons.[1]

Decker is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at Georgetown University http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/mhd29/

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Michael H. Decker Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight". United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2011-02-21.

Publications

USMC Intel: 1994-2008, Decker, Michael H; MCIA Inc INTSUM; Autumn 2014 Issue; Volume XXVI, Issue 1; http://www.mcia-inc.org/resources/INTSUM+Autumn+2014+E-ZINE+FINAL.pdf

Assessing the Intelligence Effort, Decker, Michael H; Marine Corps Gazette; vol. 75, no. 9 (Sep 1991), p. 22

The MAGTF and Low-Intensity Conflict, Decker, Michael H; Marine Corps Gazette; vol. 72, no. 3 (Mar 1988), p. 45

Marine Corps Counterintelligence Support to the Warfighter, Past, Present and Future, Decker, Michael H; Batts, Christopher B.; American Intelligence Journal; Volume 20, Number 1&2 (Winter 2000-2001)

Three MAFs for the Corps, Decker, Michael H; U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings; vol 113/11/1017 (Nov 1987), p. 74

Platoon-The Movie and Law of War Training, Decker, Michael H; Jeffries, James H, III; Marine Corps Gazette; vol. 71, no. 4 (Apr 1987), p. 40

On Women, Combat, and Leadership, Decker, Michael H; Marine Corps Gazette; vol. 75, no. 10 (Oct 1991), p. 89

The Long Run, Decker, Mike; Scholastic, Notre Dame, Indiana, Vol. 121, No. 7 (March 21, 1980) p 26

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