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Col Michael D. Reilly, USMC (Ret) is a 1994 graduate of Texas A&M University and 29-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps. While in uniform, he served in a wide variety of leadership and command positions from the national to tactical levels and across all three Marine Expeditionary Forces and the national intelligence community.
Col Reilly served as a commanding officer at every level in the Marine Corps; from platoon to installation. Specifically, he commanded rifle and 81mm mortar platoons with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment; Company H, Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion; 3rd Intelligence Battalion; and the Combined Arms Training Center at Camp Fuji, Japan.
Col Reilly held staff positions in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment; III MEF G-2; II MEF G-2; and 2nd MEB G-2. He additionally served in the Defense Intelligence Agency (Joint Staff J-2), the National Security Agency, and in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command J3/5. Col Reilly and his family lived in Japan for seven years and he deployed in support of contingency and crisis operations seven times; including two foreign humanitarian support operations and two combat deployments to Afghanistan.
Col Reilly completed his 29-year military career by serving as the Commanding Officer and Professor of Naval Science, NROTC Unit Texas A&M University. He now serves as an Associate Professor of the Practice at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service where he teaches courses in Homeland Security, Emergency Management, Defense Intelligence, and Leadership.
