Gary Anderson retired as a Colonel from the Marine Corps in August of 2000. While on active duty, he served as commander at every level from platoon to surveillance and reconnaissance group to include command of Camp Hansen on Okinawa. His non-operating force assignments included recruiting duty, Marine Officer Instructor at Vanderbilt University, Speechwriter and Deputy Director of the HQMC Special Projects Directorate, UN Observer in Lebanon and Israel, a faculty member at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and Marine Corps Representative at the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at Newport’s Naval War College as well as the Director of Wargaming at Quantico. Immediately prior to his retirement, he served as the Chief of Staff, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab at Quantico, Virginia.