Our sixteenth recipient, Major General Matthew G. Trollinger, completed the AMP at Harvard Business School in April 2016. Matt is currently serving as the Commander of Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) at Camp Lejeune, NC. His previous commands include Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade in Bahrain, back to the U.S. for duty in the Joint Staff J5, as the deputy director, politico-military affairs for the Middle East. He is an infantry officer with a diverse background in reconnaissance, security forces and special operations units in a variety of capacities. Previous command assignments include the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU); 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion; and First Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) Company. Some of Matt’s other assignments include Director of Operations, Plans, Policies and Operations, HQMC; AC/S-G3/5 for Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command in Camp Lejeune, NC, Operations Officer for the 24th MEU, Operations Officer for Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 22nd MEU, and three years training Reconnaissance Marines in Coronado, CA. He has had a number of operational deployments, including combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as routine deployments in support of Combatant Commanders across the globe. A native of Purcellville, VA, Matt received his BS in Civil Engineering from Old Dominion University in 1990. He is a 1998 graduate of the Amphibious Warfare School, and in 2011 he was the Commandant of the Marine Corps Fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Matt and his wife, Nancy, have two children.