Michael Robinson

Colonel Michael Robinson served for 30 years in the Marine Corps. He was commissioned as an officer in the Marine Corps following his graduation from San Diego State University.

His military education includes the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, U.S. Army Airborne School, Joint Terminal Attack Controller School, Tactical Air Control Party School, Amphibious Warfare School, Marine Corps Command and Staff, and the Joint Forces Staff College. He was also a National Security Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Colonel Robinson served as a Forward Observer and Guns Platoon Commander, Battery K, 4th Battalion, 12th Marines; Series Commander, Company I, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Parris Island; Commanding Officer, Range Company, Weapons Training Battalion, Parris Island; Commanding Officer, Battery S, 5th Battalion, 11th Marines; Commanding Officer, 2D Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group; and as the Director of Tactical Training And Exercise Control Group (Coyote 6).

His staff assignments include; Targeting Officer, J-3, ROK/US Combined Forces Command, Seoul, Korea; Assistant Fire Support Coordinator, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division; Operations Officer (I-I), 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division; Marine Fire Support Exchange Officer, I Corps, U.S. Army; Lethal Effects Coordinator, Task Force Olympia, Mosul, Iraq; Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines; Future Operations Officer, 24th MEU, SPMAGTF-Katrina; Executive Officer, Marine Corps Embassy Security Group; G-3, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command; and as the G-7, Marine Forces Special Operations Command.