Active Duty Director Profile

Mark Anderson Active Duty Director

Olmsted Scholar Class '12

  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Branch

    Navy

  • Status:

    Active

  • City of Study:

    Sofia

  • University:

    Sofia University

  • Language School:

    DLI-Washington – International Center for Language Studies

  • Language:

    Bulgarian

  • Assignments:
  • 2025 - Present:

    J7, Defense Autonomous Warfare Group

  • 2024 - 2025:

    Deputy Director, SOCOM Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (J10)

  • 2022 - 2024:

    Commanding Officer, Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit ONE, JBPHH, Hawaii

  • 2020 - 2022:

    Director of Operations and Plans, Commander Task Force 56/Naval Expeditionary Combat Forces Central Bahrain

  • 2017 - 2020:

    J35 Staff Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff, Director – CAG; Special Operations Command Korea

  • 2015 - 2017:

    Executive Officer, Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, FL

  • 2014 - 2015;

    Aide-de-Camp, Commandant of the Marine Corps, HQ USMC, Washington, DC

  • 2011 - 2014:

    Olmsted Scholar Program – Sofia, Bulgaria

  • 2009 - 2011:

    Officer in Charge, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit ELEVEN, NAS Fallon, Fallon, NV

  • 2007 - 2009:

    Officer in Charge and Platoon Commander, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit EIGHT, Sigonella, Sicily, Italy

  • 2006 - 2007:

    Student, Navy Dive and Training Center, Navy School Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Eglin AFB, FL

  • 2004 - 2006:

    Division Officer, Damage Control Asst, Admin Officer, Training Officer, USS Pelican, USS Cardinal, USS Osprey, MHC Crew Aggressive, Ingleside, TX, Bahrain

  • 2004:

    Admin Support, NROTC University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

  • Education:
  • 2014:

    MA, International Relations & Security Studies, Sofia University

  • 2004:

    BS, Biochemistry, University of Arizona