Our twenty-eighth recipient, Colonel (Ret) David E. Jones completed the AMP at Harvard Business School in May 2019.  David officially retired from active duty serving the Marine Corps.  Before his retirement, he served as a Logistics Officer and Foreign Area Officer (Latin America), assigned to Joint Base Meyer-Henderson. He was commissioned in 1992 after graduating from the United States Naval Academy.  A veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, David has commanded at all levels throughout his career.  As a Lieutenant Colonel, he commanded Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 and was the lead unit for 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.  His squadron won the James E. Hatch Marine Wing Support Squadron of the Year as well as other unit awards.  As a Colonel, he commanded Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools, Camp Johnson, NC.  Under his command, the unit won the DoD Sexual Assault Innovation Award for the Marine Corps for 2014 and 2015, in addition to the W.P.T. Ney Hill Award for Best Full Food Service Contracted Garrison Mess Hall for the Marine Corps.  He has also served in staff billets at Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, 2d MAW; HQSPTBN, 2d FSSG; II Marine Expeditionary Force; Special Operations Training Group (East); 2d Marine Logistics Group; Marine Forces Europe and Africa; and Marine Corps Installations – Pacific; and HQ European Command.  David was also selected as an Olmsted Scholar and studied International Relations at the Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Additionally, he was selected and served as the third Marine Corps Military Aide to the Vice President of the United States.  David is a graduate of The Basic School; Amphibious Warfare School; Army Combined Logistics Career Captains Course (with honors); Marine Corps Command and Staff College (non-resident); and National War College.  His decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with gold star in lieu of second award, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with three gold stars in lieu of fourth award and the Humanitarian Service Medal.

David and his wife, Thais, have three children.