Roberta L. Shea

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Brigadier General Roberta L. Shea
Brigadier General Roberta L. Shea, USMC, c. 2019
Born	c. 1967 (age 54–55)
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1985–present
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands held	1st Marine Logistics Group 1 MEF Headquarters Group 4th Recruit Training Battalion
Awards	Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (2) Bronze Star Medal Meritorious Service Medal (4) Joint Commendation Medal Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3) Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
Alma mater	United States Naval Academy (BS) Boston University (MS) Industrial College of the Armed Forces (MS)

Brigadier General Roberta L. Shea (born c. 1967) is an active duty United States Marine Corps officer who served as the Commanding General of the 1st Marine Logistics Group from July 2019 to April 2021.

Education and early career[]

Shea enlisted in the Marine Corps in January 1985. Trained as a ground support equipment mechanic, she served with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. She was commissioned from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1991 and was assigned as a communications officer.

Shea's military education includes graduating as an honor graduate from both the Marine Corps Basic Communications Officers Course and the Amphibious Warfare School, and as the Commandant's Distinguished Graduate from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University. She has also earned a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from Boston University in 2000 and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 2011.

Marine officer career[]

Shea's operational assignments have included: platoon commander and company commander with 2nd Landing Support Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group; company commander with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; S-6 Officer for the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit for deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq; Director of the Commander's Initiatives Group for the Commander, International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan; Assistant Chief of Staff G-6, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing; and Commanding Officer, I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.

Shea has also served as a series commander, company commander, and battalion commander with 4th Recruit Training Battalion, as the Assistant Director of the Drill Instructor School, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island; as a White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the Homeland Security Advisor; as a Strategic Analyst with the Strategic Initiatives Group, Headquarters, Marine Corps; as the Director, Commandants Staff Group, Headquarters, Marine Corps; as the Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen, U.S. Naval Academy; and as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia.

Shea assumed duties as the Commanding General of the 1st Marine Logistics Group in July 2019. In December 2021, Shea was nominated to the rank of Major General by President Joe Biden.

References[]

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "https://www.1stmlg.marines.mil/Leaders/Article/1913332/brigadier-general-roberta-l-shea/".