Colonel Craig Clarkson is from Falmouth, MA, and was commissioned in December 1998. Colonel Clarkson’s operational assignments as a combat engineer officer include: Platoon commander, Air Contingency MAGTF Platoon Commander, Engineer Detachment Commander, Company Executive Officer, Company Commander, United Nations Military Observer, Battalion Operations Officer, Battalion Executive Officer, Marine Logistics Group Current Operations Officer, Defense Support to Civil Authorities Detachment Commander, and Squadron Commander. In these roles he deployed to Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East in support of multiple operations and combat operations.
Colonel Clarkson’s other assignments include: Project Officer, Engineer Systems, Marine Corps Systems Command; Combat Engineer Instruction Company Commander, Marine Corps Engineer School; Explosive Obstacles and Hazards Branch Head, Marine Corps Engineer Center of Excellence; Counter Narcotics Program Engineer, US SOUTHCOM; Program Manager, Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations, Marine Corps Systems Command; and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Service Chief Fellow.
Colonel Clarkson’s Military Occupational Specialties include: Acquisition Officer; Combat Engineer Officer; Joint Specialty Officer; Planning, Programming and Budgeting Officer; Winter Mountain Leader; Aviation Ground Support Weapons and Tactics Instructor; and Operational Advisor. He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, Florida Institute of Technology, Marine Corps University, and National Defense University’s Eisenhower School.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Master’s Degrees in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Military Studies, and National Resource Strategy. Colonel Clarkson is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Consultant, ITIL V4 practitioner, and DAWIA level III Program Manager.