LtCol Duke hails from the State of Arkansas and is a 1991 graduate ofLieutenant Colonel Jon Duke, USMCLtCol Duke hails from the State of Arkansas and is a 1991 graduate ofthe United States Naval Academy. Upon graduation, he was commissionedas a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and assignedto The Basic School for Marine officers (TBS). Following completionof TBS, he was assigned to the Third Marine Division where he servedfrom 1993 to 1996 as the Intelligence Officer (S-2) for 2nd Battalion,12th Marines, the Assistant Intelligence Officer (S-2A) for 12thMarines and 4th Marines, Reconnaissance Platoon Commander for 4thMarines and finally as the Executive Officer and Diving Officer forthe 3rd Reconnaissance Company.
In 1996, LtCol Duke was assigned to the National Ground IntelligenceCenter as a liaison officer from the Marine Corps IntelligenceActivity. He served in the Middle East Division of the ForcesDirectorate as an Iranian Ground Combat Analyst. In 1998, he wasselected for the Marine Corps Foreign Area Officer (FAO) Program andwas subsequently assigned to the Naval Postgraduate School inMonterey, California for FAO training. In Monterey, LtCol Duke earneda master’s degree in national security studies and completed the basicArabic and Hebrew linguist courses at the Defense Language Institute.
In December 2000, LtCol Duke was assigned to the U.S. Defense AttacheOffice in Tel Aviv, Israel for in-country training phase of the FAOprogram. He resided in Jerusalem and conducted independent travel andstudy throughout the Middle East and completed advanced language inHebrew and Arabic. In 2001, he participated in the Anna Sobol LevyFellowship at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, conducting research onthe Second Intifadah.
In January 2002, LtCol Duke was assigned to the 4th MarineExpeditionary Brigade (Anti-Terrorism) where he served as the DeputyAssistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2) from 2002 through July2005. During this period, he deployed to Djibouti where he served asthe J-2 Operations Officer for the Combined-Joint Task Force – Horn ofAfrica (CJTF-HOA). During this deployment, he was also seconded tothe US Defense Liaison Office in Khartoum, Sudan as the CJTF-HOACountry Coordination Element. From May to December 2004, he deployedto Iraq with the I Marine Expeditionary Force as the seniorintelligence analysts in the Tactical Fusion Center in Ramadi, Iraq.
From July to December 2005, LtCol Duke reported to the DeputyCommandant of the Marine Corps for Plans, Policies, and Operations asthe CENTCOM Plans Officer in the International Plans and PoliciesDivision.
From January 2006 to February 2009, LtCol Duke was assigned to DefenseIntelligence Agency as the Marine Corps Attache to Israel. During thisperiod, he observed and reported on IDF military operations followingthe kidnapping of Sgt Gilad Shalit and the Israeli-Hizbollah warduring the summer of 2006. From 2007 to 2009, he was assigned to beserve as the special assistant to the U.S. Road Monitoring Missionfollowing the Annapolis Peace Talks, monitoring and reporting onIsraeli and Palestinian compliance with the Roadmap To Peace brokeredby the U.S., Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations.
Currently, LtCol Duke is serving as the Operations Officer for theMarine Special Operations Regiment, Marine Corps Forces, SpecialOperations Command. He is slated to take command of 3rd MarineSpecial Operations Battaion in November 2010.
LtCol Duke is married to the former Margaret Owens of McClean,Virginia. He and Maggie have six children and reside at Camp Lejeune,North Carolina.
