For Maj. Gen. Bobbi Shea, this is the key to success as a Marine
By Hope Hodge Seck
Friday, Oct 14
The way Maj. Gen. Roberta “Bobbi” Shea tells it, she was a somewhat aimless teenager working at a Wendy’s in her hometown of Dover, New Hampshire, in 1985 when a phone call from a Marine Corps recruiter changed her life.
Nearly four decades later, she has a resume to rival that of any Marine Corps officer ― and career momentum that could well propel her to greater positions of authority. In the Corps, which has never had a female four-star general, her rising star is one to watch.
But that’s not something Shea really wants to talk about.
Now 56-years-old and serving as legislative assistant to the commandant at the Pentagon, she repeatedly invokes luck and good fortune when discussing an impressive career, which has included a year as a White House fellow; a stint as acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, a post typically held by civilians; a tour in command of 4th Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island, South Carolina; and a ground-floor role in establishing I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group in 2017.
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