Michael H. Decker | |
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| 5th Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight | |
| In office September 2009 – February 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Secretary | Robert M. Gates Leon Panetta Chuck Hagel |
| Preceded by | William Dugan |
| Director of Intelligence, USMC | |
| In office January 2004 – June 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | MajGen Michael E. Ennis, USMC |
| Succeeded by | MajGen Richard M. Lake, USMC |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame (B.A.) Georgetown University (M.A.) National Intelligence University (M.S.) |
Michael H. Decker was the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight. from September 2009 to February 2014. Before that he was assistant director of Intelligence, Marine Corps Intelligence, United States Marine Corps.[1] He served as Director of Intelligence during Operation Iraqi Freedom II (OIF II) from January 2004 to June 2005.
Decker obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame and later earned his Master of Arts in government/national security studies from Georgetown University. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Strategic intelligence from the National Defense Intelligence College.[2]
Decker was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and served as an infantry platoon commander during operations to the Mediterranean Sea. In 1982, he was deployed as an assistant battalion operations officer to Beirut, Lebanon, as part of the Multinational Force in Lebanon. After returning to the United States, Decker served as an infantry company commander and later as assistant operations officer for an expeditionary unit in Honduras. Reassigned to Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Decker served as the Marine Corps Security Force/Marine Security Guard policy and program officer.[2]
Decker next served as an intelligence officer with a Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Western Pacific and later as a Marine Expeditionary Force production/analysis officer in an all-source fusion center, where he co-ordinated all intelligence aspects of marine participation in Central Command theater contingency planning and exercises.[2]
Decker was deployed to Saudi Arabia as a senior intelligence analyst, supervising enemy order of battle analysis and co-ordinating political analysis and theater intelligence liaison for Marine Forces Central Command during the Gulf War. Decker was medically retired in 1991.[2]
Decker is the Director, Intelligence and Security Programs at Operational Intelligence, LLC, a QinetiQ-US company.[3]
Earlier Decker served as the Director, Marine Forces Programs and a Senior International/Defense Research Analyst, at the RAND Corporation[4][2] and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses.
Decker has served as a Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency-approved Outside Director for SDL Government and as a Director for the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). He has also served on the AFCEA Intelligence Committee.[5]
Decker's awards include:
National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Intelligence Director's AwardDecker's military decorations include:
Decker is married and has two sons.[2]
Decker is an adjunct associate professor in the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University.
