Samuel Oquendo-Marrero

Captain Samuel Oquendo-Marrero is a Foreign Area Officer specializing in the Western Hemisphere. He has served key leadership and staff assignments in the United States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, working as a Company Commander, Battalion S3, Executive Officer of the Commanding General, and Chief of Protection. He has also participated in Disaster Response, Law Enforcement Operations, and joint military exercises in the United States Southern Command and the United States Northern Command areas of responsibility, including Tropical Storm Irene and Hurricane Irma Recovery Operations in Puerto Rico, Operación Seguridad Compartida in Puerto Rico, Beyond the Horizon in the Dominican Republic, and Vibrant Response in the Continental United States. He is a recent Command and General Staff College graduate with a Master of Arts in Business Organizational Security Management from Webster University. He is a certified International Society of Logistics Demonstrated Logistician.