Mark Anderson

Active Duty Director Profile

Olmsted Scholar Class '12

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