Scott H. Stalker

Scott H. Stalker has been the Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL) of the United States Cyber Command, the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Security Service (CSS) in Fort Meade, Maryland, serving since March 16, 2018. He is the first to hold the position of CSEL for all three agencies during their career. He has served in multiple military operations throughout his career. Stalker is a Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt) in the United States Marine Corps.

Scott H. Stalker
Stalker in July 2019
Born1975
Lebanon, New Hampshire
Allegiance United States
Service/branchUnited States Marine Corps
Years of service1993–present
RankMaster Gunnery Sergeant
Commands heldCommand Senior Enlisted Leader, Defense Intelligence Agency
Battles/warsOperation Restore Hope
Operation Deny Flight
Operation Provide Promise
Operation Silver Wake
Operation Guardian Retrieval
Operation Iraqi Freedom
AwardsDefense Superior Service Medal

Career

Stalker was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, in 1975 and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1993. After recruit training, he attended Marine Combat Training, followed by the Basic MAGTF Intelligence Analyst Course at Virginia Beach, Virginia.[1]

Stalker's joint operational deployments include tours with the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division and 101st Airborne Division, the U.S. Navy's USS Guam LPH-9, USS Nassau LHA-4, USS Nashville LPD-13, and USS Blue Ridge LCC-19, and the U.S. Air Force's 31st OSS.[1]

His deployments with the Marine Corps include tours with HMM-365, Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 332, 26 MEU (SOC), 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, RCT-7, 1st Marine Division, 2nd Marine Division, and 3rd Marine Division. Additionally, he deployed multiple times to Southeast Asia while assigned to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command.[1]

His combat and contingency deployments include Operation Restore Hope in Somalia; Deny Flight and Operation Provide Promise in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Operation Silver Wake, conducting a non-combatant evacuation operation in Albania; Operation Guardian Retrieval in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and a unit deployment program in Okinawa, Japan.[1] He also served as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was a member of a border patrol advisory team, training Iraqi soldiers in the north of the country,[2] as regimental intelligence chief,[3] and was involved in the military investigation of the Salman Pak facility.[4]

Additional garrison assignments include Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff J2, and most recently as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader of the Defense Intelligence Agency until 2018,[5][lower-alpha 1] the first Marine to hold that position. Stalker is the first individual to have held both positions within their career as both the DIA and NSA CSEL.[1][7] As DIA CSEL Stalker coordinated with senior military officials from all branches of services to address ongoing intelligence-related threats.[8]

In June 2020, it was announced that Stalker would succeed Roger A. Towberman as the senior enlisted leader for United States Space Command.[9]

Military training
Stalker speaking at the DIA enlisted workforce at Joint Base Andrews in December 2017[10]

Stalker is a graduate of the MAGTF Basic and Intelligence Chief's Course (honor graduate), Marine Corps Martial Arts Green Belt Instructor course, Army Air Assault School (top 3 graduate), SNCO Advanced and Career Course (distinguished graduate), Warfighter PME, Joint Advanced Cyber Warfare Course, Sr. Enlisted Joint PME I & II, and the National Defense University's KEYSTONE, and is a Special Operations Capability Specialist. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from American Public University in intelligence analysis and completed a leadership certificate at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in June 2018. He is currently completing a graduate program where he plans to receive a Master of Science degree in Cyber Security in late 2020. In 2001, he received a letter of commendation from the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.[1]

Awards and decorations
Badge
Naval Aircrew Badge
1st row Defense Superior Service Medal Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with one gold award star
2nd row Joint Service Commendation Medal Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with two award stars Joint Service Achievement Medal Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
3rd row Army Achievement Medal Combat Action Ribbon with award star Navy Presidential Unit Citation Joint Meritorious Unit Award with three bronze oak leaf clusters
4th row Navy Unit Commendation Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal with one silver and three bronze service stars National Defense Service Medal with service star
5th row Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Iraq Campaign Medal with three service stars Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
6th row Armed Forces Service Medal Humanitarian Service Medal Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with one silver and three bronze service stars NATO Medal for Yugoslavia
Badges
Marine Corps Rifle Sharpshooter Badge
Marine Corps Pistol Sharpshooter Badge
Badge
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Badge
United States Cyber Command Badge

Personal life

He is married to Malerie B. Stalker from Manassas, Virginia. They live in Maryland with their daughter, Olivia, and three English Bulldogs. Both Scott and Malerie are members of the Pentagon Powerlifting Hall of Fame.[1]

Notes
  1. Stalker was replaced by Benjamin J. Higginbotham in February 2018.[6]
gollark: ©ool.
gollark: It's actually where the incredibly hacky potatOS algebraic data types syntax preprocessor was developed.
gollark: I have *got* to see how you randomly rebranded this.
gollark: There's also that random lava pool near Lemmmy's tower in the middle of nowhere, which has the PotatOS Advanced Projects facility.
gollark: I think I claimed one of those and rebranded it.

References
  1.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "Master Gunnery Sergeant Scott H. Stalker".
  2. Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (December 23, 2006). "Trainers skeptical on training". The LA Times. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. Bing West (18 December 2007). The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines. Random House Publishing Group. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-307-41853-1.
  4. Murdock, Deroy (April 7, 2003). "At Salman Pak". National Review. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. Blinde, Loren (January 7, 2018). "DoD announces next DIA command senior enlisted leader". Intelligence Community News. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  6. "Department of Defense announces next DIA Command Senior Enlisted Leader". Defense Intelligence Agency. January 5, 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  7. Martin, Nichols (November 21, 2017). "Marine Corps Sgt. Scott Stalker Assigned to Cybercom As Senior Enlisted Leader". executivegov.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  8. Lawlor, Maryann (June 28, 2017). "Data Deluge Poses Problems". Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  9. "Command Senior Enlisted Leader Assignment". United States Department of Defense. June 9, 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  10. Jackson, Angel (December 26, 2017). "DIA enlisted military workforce focus on 2018". Defense Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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