Lieutenant General Marcus Annibale

Lieutenant General (LtGen) Marcus B. Annibale serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff Capability Development, Headquarters Supreme Allied Command Transformation, Norfolk, Virginia.  He is responsible for the development and delivery of strategic and operational capability requirements on behalf of 32 NATO nations.

Originally from Fairfax VA, LtGen Annibale was commissioned in 1991 after graduating from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. Upon completion of The Basic School, in Quantico, he attended flight training and was designated as an AV-8B Harrier pilot in 1993.

LtGen Annibale’s command assignments include serving as the Commanding Officer of Marine Attack Squadron 513, The Flying Nightmares, and the Commanding Officer of Marine Aircraft Group 13, both based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona.  He most recently served as Commanding General of 1^st Marine Aircraft Wing, headquartered in Okinawa and forward postured in the Pacific.

LtGen Annibale’s operating forces assignments primarily include Marine Attack Squadron 513 and Marine Attack Squadron 311, with several embarkations on the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Amphibious Task Force West and the Unit Deployment Program to Japan. “Steroid” has flown combat missions in Operations SOUTHERN WATCH, IRAQI FREEDOM, and participated in numerous exercises in the Middle East, Europe and Pacific. His staff assignments include Instructor Pilot and TACAIR Department Head at Marine Aviation Weapons Tactics Squadron One, Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans at 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, in Japan and as the F-35 Branch Head, at Headquarters Marine Corps, Aviation. Additionally, he served as an Assistant Deputy Director of Operations in the J-3 Directorate of the Joint Staff, at the Pentagon.

As a General Officer, he has served as Director, Strategy and Plans Division, Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters Marine Corps, Chief of Staff for Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, and Director of Expeditionary Warfare for the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N95).

“Steroid” has flown over 2,200 hours in the AV-8B, was combat qualified in the F-35B and has over 2,500 total mishap-free flight hours.  He has flown in every type of aircraft in the U.S. Marine Corps inventory.

Lieutenant General Annibale is a graduate of the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Tactical Air Control Party Course, Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, Senior Planners Course and served as the Commandant’s Fellow to Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies where he earned a Masters’ Degree in International Public Policy. As a General Officer, he also attended Singularity University in Silicon Valley, the NATO Generals, Flag Officers and Ambassadors Course in Rome and the inaugural Paris International Capstone Course organized by the Centre des hautes études militaires (CHEM).

His personal decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Legion of Merit with three Gold Stars, the Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, the Air Medal with Strike numeral Two, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Gold Star, and the Marine Corps Achievement Medal with three Gold Stars.