Lieutenant Colonel Fulton is a native of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as an enlisted Marine from 1997-2004, attained the rank of Staff Sergeant, and was commissioned via the Marine Corps Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in December 2004.
Command assignments include Platoon Commander, Incident Response Platoon, Support Company, Marine Wing Support Squadron 371; Company Commander, Headquarters and Service Company, Marine Wing Support Squadron 371; and Company Commander, Headquarters and Service Company, 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. Subsequently, he served as a Platoon Commander, Officer Candidates School in the summers of 2014 and 2015.
Staff assignments include Squadron Logistics Officer and Operations Officer, Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, Marine Wing Support Group 37; Logistics Officer, 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division; Logistics Officer, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division; Operations Officer, Headquarters Regiment, 3d Marine Logistics Group; Logistics Officer, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (re-designated SPMAGTF-CR-CC CE); Executive Officer, 1st Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15; and Assistant Chief of Staff G-4, 2d Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
Supporting Establishment and Joint Duty assignments include Marine Officer Instructor, NROTC, The Pennsylvania State University and Executive Officer to the Director of Logistics and Headquarters Deputy Commandant, United States Africa Command.
He has deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2007), Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (2009, 2010/2011, 2012), and Operation INHERENT RESOLVE (2018/2019).
Lieutenant Colonel Fulton is a graduate of The Basic School, Logistics Officers Course, Expeditionary Warfare School (Non-Resident), U.S. Army Air Assault School, Weapons and Tactics Instructor School, U.S. Army Combined Logistics Captains Career Course, Joint Logistics Course, Command and Staff College (Non-Resident), U.S. Army Airborne School, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Joint Humanitarian Operations Course, Joint Combined Warfare School, and the U.S. Naval War College's College of Naval Warfare and Naval Command College. Lieutenant Colonel Fulton is a 9702 Level III Joint Qualified Officer.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Pennsylvania State University, a Master of Arts in Administrative Leadership from the University of Oklahoma, a Master of Engineering in Project Management from the University of Kansas, and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.