Biography

Marine Wing Support Squadron 174
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew J. Schultz

LtCol Schultz was born in Towson, Maryland, and grew up in New Freedom, Pennsylvania. He attended York College of Pennsylvania and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Minor in Professional Writing. He later graduated from Michigan State University with a Master of Science in Management, Strategy, and Leadership. 

LtCol Schultz received his commission through Officer Candidates School in 2007 before completing follow-on education at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, and the Logistics Officer's Course aboard Camp Johnson, North Carolina. In 2008, he reported to Combat Logistics Battalion 3 in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, where he deployed in support of several operations in the USINDOPACOM and the CENTCOM Areas of Responsibility. He first deployed to Thailand with Combat Logistics Regiment 3 and served as the Current Operations Officer of the Consolidated Theater Distribution Point during Operation CARING RESPONSE, coordinating the shipment of humanitarian assistance material to Burma following Cyclone Nargis. LtCol Schultz deployed to Iraq with Combat Logistics Battalion 4 the following year, where he commanded a provisional security platoon during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM 9.1. He later deployed to Afghanistan and served as the Battalion Assistant Operations Officer for Combat Logistics Battalion 3  during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM 10.2.

In 2011, LtCol Schultz returned to Quantico, where he served as a warfighting instructor, the Regimental Logistics Officer, and a staff Platoon Commander at The Basic School. He then attended the Expeditionary Warfare School before rotating back to the Operating Forces in the Pacific in 2015.

Upon arriving in Okinawa, Japan, LtCol Schultz reported to Marine Wing Support Squadron 17 and served as the Weapons and Tactics Instructor, Squadron Logistics Officer, and Motor Transport Company Commander. In 2017, he reported to the 3d Marine Division, where he served as the G-4 Plans Officer for the Korean Theater of Operations.

In 2018, LtCol Schultz rotated to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he completed a Master of Arts in Military Arts and Sciences—in addition to receiving U.S. Army historian and strategist skill designators—as a student in the Art of War Scholar Program at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. The following year, he attended the U.S. Army's School of Advanced Military Studies, graduating with a Master of Arts in Military Operations.

In 2020, LtCol Schultz returned to Okinawa and reported to the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade as the Deputy Plans Officer and Future Operations Officer, leading the Brigade's planning efforts for the Alert Contingency MAGTF, Joint Task Force 505 (FWD), and a Joint Task Force associated with USINDOPACOM's China Family of Plans. In 2022, he transferred to the 3d Marine Division to enhance the Division's planning and preparation to serve as a scalable, joint stand-in force oriented on supporting rapid crisis response within the First Island Chain in accordance with the requirements outlined in multiple contingency plans.    

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