Colonel Marcus Jackson Col Marcus Jackson is the Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Space Operations Command (SpOC), U.S. Space Force in Peterson SFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado. In this role, he synchronizes and integrates policy, plans, procedures, and cross functional teams across one thousand two hundred headquarters personnel to support over nineteen thousand air and space mission ready personnel. Colonel Jackson graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio and earned his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1998. He has served in a variety of positions at the squadron, Field Operating Agency, Major and Field Commands, and Headquarters Air Staff levels to include space and missile crew operations, chief of standardizations, operations officer, squadron and delta commands, various staff assignments, and executive officer. EDUCATION 1998 Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 1999 Undergraduate Space and Missile Training, Vandenberg AFB, CA 2005 Master of Business Aeronautical Administration, Embry‐Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona, FL 2006 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL 2007 Air Command and Staff College (in correspondence) 2011 Command General and Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS 2014 Air War College (in correspondence) 2019 Masters of Science, Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy, Joint Advanced Warfighting School, Norfolk, VA ASSIGNMENTS 1. July 1998 – December 1998, Special Assistant to the Commander, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 2. January 1999 – September 1999, Student, Undergraduate Space and Missile Training, Vandenberg AFB, CA 3. September 1999 – September 2003, Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander, Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander Instructor, Missile Combat Crew Commander, Missile Crew Commander Instructor, Chief Training Requirements, 90th Space Wing, FE Warren AFB, WY 4. September 2003 – May 2007, Satellite Vehicle Operator, Chief Orbital Operations, Crew Commander, Flight Commander, Evaluator, Chief of Standardization, 4th Space Operations Squadron, 50th Operations Group, 50th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, CO 5. May 2007 – March 2009, Chief, Space and Missile Force Development, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, TX 6. March 2009 – July 2009, Deputy Director, Command Action Group, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, TX 7. July 2009 – June 2010, Executive Officer to the Vice Commander, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, TX 8. June 2010 – June 2011, Student, US Army Command and General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS 9. June 2011 – July 2013, Operations Officer, Communications Operations Squadron Space, Network Operations Group, Communications Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office, Los Angeles AFB, CA 10. July 2013 – June 2014, Deputy Division Chief, Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space Staff, Pentagon, Washington D.C. 11. June 2014 – July 2016, Commander, National Reconnaissance Office Operations Squadron, Office of Space Launch, National Reconnaissance Office, Schriever AFB, CO 12. July 2016 – May 2017, Chief, Senior Leader Management, Directorate of Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO 13. June 2017 – June 2018, Executive Officer to the Deputy Commander, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO 14. July 2018 – June 2019, Student, Joint Advanced Warfighting School, Joint Force Staff College, Norfolk, VA 15. July 2019 – June 2021, Deputy Director, National Space Defense Center, National Reconnaissance Office, Schriever AFB, CO 16. June 2021 – June 2022, Commander, Buckley Garrison, Buckley SFB, CO 17. June 2022 – June 2023, Commander, Space Base Delta 2, Buckley SFB, CO 18. June 2023 – January 2024, Director of Staff, Headquarters, Space Operations Command, Peterson SFB, CO 19. January 2024 – Present, Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Space Operations Command, Peterson SFB, CO MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf clusters Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster Air Force Commendation Medal Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant June 01, 1998 First Lieutenant June 01, 2000 Captain June 01, 2002 Major March 01, 2008 Lieutenant Colonel July 01, 2013 Colonel September 01, 2019 (Current as of August 2024)