WASHINGTON—Lieutenant General Melvin “Jerry” Carter is the fourth Deputy Commandant for Information (DCI) since the position was established in 2017.

The Deputy Commandant for Information develops and supervises plans, policies, and strategy for operating in the Information Environment and identifies requirements in doctrine, manpower, training, education, and equipment in order to support Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) operations in the Information Environment. In support of the Commandant of the Marine Corps and his Title 10 responsibilities as a service chief, the Deputy Commandant for Information serves as the principal advisor on all Information Environment matters and serves as the principal spokesperson on Marine Corps Information Environment programs, requirements, and strategy throughout the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense.

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Lieutenant General Carter enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985. He Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1992 and was awarded the Signals Intelligence/Electronic Warfare Military Occupational Specialty before becoming a MAGTF Intelligence Officer. Lieutenant General Carter graduated from Morehouse College with a B.A. in Banking and Finance in 1992.  His formal military schooling includes the Command and Control Systems Course, the MAGTF Intelligence Officer Course, and the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Intelligence Course. 

During his military career, Lieutenant General Carter served in a variety of staff positions to include the S-3A, 2d Radio Battalion, II Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Intelligence Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, J2 Operations, CENTCOM/PACOM Branch Head, Joint Special Operations Command, S2-A, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operation Capable), G-2 Plans, I Marine Expeditionary Force, J3 Interagency Branch Head, Joint Special Operations Command, AC/S G2, II Marine Expeditionary Force, J2, Joint Special Operations Command.  

Additional assignments include duty as the Executive Officer for the Director, the Defense Intelligence Agency as well as the Executive Assistant for the Associate Director for Military Affairs, at the Central Intelligence Agency. He recently served as the NSA Cybersecurity Directorate’s Deputy Director for Combat Support, responsible for preventing and eliminating threats to U.S. national security systems and critical infrastructure.

Lieutenant General Carter’s principal command tours include the Commanding Officer, 2d Radio Battalion and the Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity.  Other career highlights include service as the Intelligence Officer/Platoon Commander for Marine Corps Special Operation Command, Detachment One, J2, Naval Special Warfare Task Group, Arabian Peninsula, J2, Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command, Arabian Peninsula and the Coalition J2, Special Operation Joint Task Force Afghanistan.  

From 2010 to 2011, Lieutenant General Carter served as the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ National Security Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and the Timothy T. Day Fellow at the Harvard Business School in 2016.

^{— Source and photos: 01 AUG 24 | Courtesy story Deputy Commandant for Information}

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