Robert E. Milstead, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Senior Consultant for Manpower, Human Resources, and Recruiting.

Alexandria, Va.

Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA). Administered a broad and diverse portfolio that included manpower planning, programming ,budgeting, personnel policy, information systems, wounded warrior care, and Marine Corps Exchange retail operations.

Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC). Responsible for all officer and enlisted accessions for both the active and reserve components. Managed a dispersed organization of over 1,500 separate locations spread across the fifty states and US territories.

Director, USMC Public Affairs. Led a multi-disciplined headquarters staff as well as the Los Angeles and New York City field offices. Responsible for developing and executing service-level planning, coordination, and the synchronization of communications strategies across the enterprise.

Commanding General, 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward). Prepared, deployed, and then led a large multi-faceted force of over 7,000 personnel operating from eight separate locations during a year of combat operations in Iraq. Cultivated a successfully focused multi-service organization of complex command relationships under austere and demanding conditions.

Previous experience includes: Chief of Staff, 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Anti-Terrorism); Commanding Officer, Marine Aircraft Group 29; Military Assistant, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L); Branch Head, Aviation Weapons Systems Requirements Branch (APW), Headquarters, US Marine Corps; Commanding Officer, HMLA-169.

AH-1J / AH-1T / AH-1W Cobra Pilot

Master'S Degree, National Security Strategy

Advanced Military And Operational Studies, Bevan G. Cass Professional Writing Award

Bachelor'S Degree, English

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity