Marines - Sea Service Leadership Association

Marines
TUESDAY 6 MARCH
Potomac Ballroom D
0600-0645
Group Exercise (optional)
with instructor Ms. Meaghan Brosnan
Potomac Foyer
0600-0745
Continental Breakfast
National Harbor 14
0700–0730
Sea Service Leadership Association Informational Meeting
National Harbor 2
0800-0815
Welcome
National Harbor 2
0915-0915
Opening Remarks
Major General Angela Salinas
National Harbor 2
0915-1015
Sergeant Major Micheal P. Barrett,
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
National Harbor 2
1015-1045
USMC Symposium Picture and break
National Harbor Foyer
1045-1100
Break
National Harbor 3
1100-1300
USMC Women Marine Association Luncheon
National Harbor 2
1300-1400
Enlisted Breakout Session: Senior Enlisted Panel and Q&A
National Harbor 1
1300-1400
Officer Breakout Session: Senior Officer Panel and Q&A
National Harbor Foyer
1400-1430
Break
National Harbor 2
1430-1615
Officer and SNCO Marine Corps University Ethics Seminar: Dr. Paolo G. Tripodi
National Harbor 1
1430-1615
NCO Marine Corps University Ethics Seminar:
Sergeant Major Bill Skiles and Master Seargant Bonnie J. Diaz
National Harbor 2
1615-1630
Critique Sheets
National Harbor 2
1630-1700
Closing Remarks
Major General Tracy L. Garrett
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MAJOR GENERAL TRACY L. GARRETT
Major General Garrett is a former
NROTC student and 1978 graduate of
the University of Washington, where
she received her B.A. in English. She
was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the
Marine Corps in June 1978. Upon completion of the
Basic School, as well as her occupational specialty
school, she served on active duty with the 1st Marine
Division through June of 1981.
On 1 November 2011, the newly forming Force
Headquarters Group (FHG), Marine Forces Reserve,
reached its Initial Operational Capability (IOC). At this
time, MajGen Garrett assumed her duties as Commanding General, Force Headquarters Group, pending
publication of the Marine Corps Bulletin 5400 required for establishment of the FHG. Her duties as
Commanding General, Force Headquarters Group, will
become official during a forecasted timeframe in
Spring 2012.
MajGen Garrett is a graduate of the Reserve Amphibious Warfare Course, Reserve Command and Staff
SERGEANT MAJOR MICHEAL P. BARRETT
Micheal P. Barrett was born in Niagara
Falls, N.Y., and raised in Youngstown,
N.Y. He enlisted in March 1981 and
underwent recruit training at 2nd
Recruit Training Battalion, Delta Company, Marine Corps
Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C.
December 2009, he assumed the duties as
I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Sergeant
Major, and deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom
(10.1/10.2) in March 2010. During this deployment,
he also became the NATO Regional Command
(Southwest) Command Sergeant Major for Nimruz and
Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He turned over the
1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
(Forward) and Regional Command (Southwest) in
March and April 2011.
Sergeant Major Barrett assumed his current post
as the 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps on 9
June 2011.
His personal awards include the Legion of Merit,
Bronze Star Medal with combat ‘V’ and gold star, Meritorious Service Medal with gold star, Navy Marine
Corps Commendation Medal with combat ‘V’ and
three gold stars, Navy Marine Corps Achievement
Medal with two gold stars, Combat Action Ribbon with
gold star, and the Presidential Service Badge.
SERGEANT MAJOR BILL SKILES
William Skiles entered the Marine
Corps in 1979 with the MOS 0351.
ship/Sniper Instructor for the Royal
Marines in England.
In 2003, First Sergeant Skiles joined 2/1 and deployed in 2004 to Fallujah, Iraq with Echo Company.
He was selected to his present rank later that year
and was assigned to HMLA-267 Cobra and Huey
Squadron at Camp Pendleton, California. In 2007,
Sergeant Major Skiles was transferred to Weapons
Training Battalion, Quantico, Virginia. In 2010, he
assumed his post as the Sergeant Major of Marine
M A RI N E C O RPS S PE A KE RS
Course, Reserve Intelligence Officers Course and the
Advanced Logistics Officers Course. In 1997-1998,
she attended the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode
Island as a full time student and received her
master’s degree in National Security and Strategic
Studies.
U N I T E D I N S E R V I C E : O U R G L O B A L I M PA C T
MAJOR GENERAL ANGELA SALINAS
Major General Angela Salinas began
her military career when she enlisted
into the Marine Corps in May 1974.
In June 1989, Major General Salinas
assumed command of Recruiting Station Charleston
and became the first woman in the Marine Corps to
command a recruiting station. In June 1992, she
became the first woman assigned as a combat
service support ground monitor responsible for the
assignments of over 1000 senior officers. She was the
first female assigned as a plans and policy officer for
a major combatant command in 1999, and in May
2001 when she assumed command of the 12th
Marine Corps District, became the first woman to
serve as a recruiting district commanding officer.
She is the first woman to command the Marine Corps
Recruit Depot/Western Recruiting Region in San
Diego, CA.
Major General Salinas is a 1976 graduate
of Dominican College of San Rafael, CA, where she received her B.A. in history. She received her Master’s
from the Naval War College in 1992. She is a graduate of the Amphibious Warfare School, the Naval War
College’s Command and Staff College and the
Army War College.
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Corps University.
Sergeant Major Skiles’ personal decorations
include the Bronze Star with Combat ‘V’, the Meritorious Service Medal with 2 gold stars, Navy Commendation Medal with Combat ‘V’ with 1 Gold Star, the
Combat Action Ribbon, the Outstanding Volunteer
Service Medal and Rifle and Pistol Distinguished
Marksman Badges.
MASTER SERGEANT BONNIE DIAZ
Master Sergeant Bonnie Diaz was
born in Weslaco, Texas, graduated
from Allegan High School and immediately joined the United States
Marine Corps in July 1993. Upon graduation, she attended the Basic Automotive Mechanic and Advanced Automotive Mechanic Schools.
In February 2008, she deployed to Al Taqaddum, Iraq. She was selected to lead a first ever
mission as a maintenance support team in Basrah,
Iraq, in successful support of the First Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Teams. In September 2008,
she returned from deployment and was redeployed
in May 2009 to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan,
where she assumed duties as a Maintenance Chief
and Staff Noncommissioned Officer in Charge. Her
section was responsible for establishing a first ever
motor transport maintenance support team in
Forward Operating Bases Deleram and Dweyer then
a robust motor transport maintenance section in
Camp Leatherneck in support of the Area of Operations.
In January 2010, she received orders to Marine
Corps University, Enlisted Professional Military Education where she assumed duties as a Coach for the
Faculty Advisors Course and the Leadership Functional Area Manager for enlisted Marines. She also
assumed duties as Director Staff Noncommissioned
Officer Academy, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. She currently is working on transforming the SNCOA leadership continuum for enlisted Marines.
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DR. PAOLO G. TRIPODI, PhD
Paolo Tripodi is Professor of Ethics
and Ethics Branch Head at the
Lejeune Leadership Institute, Marine
Corps University, MCU.
Dr. Tripodi trained as an infantry officer and received his commission with the Italian Carabinieri
upon graduation from the School of Infantry and
Cavalry in Cesano, and the Carabinieri Officers
School in Rome, Italy.
Dr. Tripodi is the author of several refereed articles some of which were published in “The Journal of
Military Ethics”, “International Journal on World
Peace”, “Small Wars and Insurgencies”among others.
Dr. Tripodi’s chapters have appeared in several
books. His most recent chapter ‘Understanding Atrocities and What Commanders can do to Prevent Them’
was published in 2010. He is currently co-editing a
book “Aspects of Leadership: Ethics, Law and Spirituality” with USMC Lt. Col. Connelley.
Dr. Tripodi is a graduate in Political Science, University of Messina, Italy. He holds a post graduate
diploma in journalism from the Free University of International Social Studies, Rome, Italy. He holds a
MA in International Relations from University of Kent
at Canterbury, UK, and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Nottingham Trent University, UK.