AGA’s 2015 Professional Development Training

John Sattler
Retired Lieutenant General
U.S. Marine Corps


Lieutenant General (R) John Sattler retired from the US Marine Corps in 2008 after 37 years of service. While serving in the US Marine Corps, LtGen Sattler was the Director of Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), Joint Staff from September 2006 until his retirement. Prior to joining the Joint Staff, he was the Commanding General of the First Marine Expeditionary Force and Commander, Marine Corps Forces Central Command from September 2004 to August 2006, during which he commanded all forces in Al Anbar Province in Iraq. He also served as the Director of Operations for Central Command, stood up and commanded the initial Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and established the headquarters in n Djibouti. After his retirement, LtGen Sattler spent two years as a senior mentor with both the Marine Corps and the Joint Forces Command. In 2010, he left the mentoring program and currently sits on a number of boards of directors/advisory and is engaged in consulting and speaking events.

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