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Lieutenant General Martin R. Berndt assumed command of
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic; U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe;
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South; U.S. Marine Corps Bases, Atlantic; U.S.
Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic; and U.S. Fleet Marine Force, Europe on 15
August 2002.
Lieutenant General Martin R. Berndt was commissioned a Second Lieutenant
in the Marine Corps upon graduation from West Chester University in
1969. After attending Vietnamese language school, he served as a weapons
platoon commander with the 9th Marines on Okinawa and as a rifle platoon
commander and company executive officer with the 7th and 1st Marines in
Vietnam.
Between 1971 and 1980, he served as an instructor and platoon commander
at the Officer Candidate School and The Basic School, as an officer
selection officer in New York City, and as the operations officer of 3rd
Reconnaissance Battalion.
In June 1980, Major Berndt reported to Marine Aircraft Group 26 where he
served first as a member of the group staff, and then as the Commanding
Officer of Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 26.
Between 1984 and 1986, Lieutenant Colonel Berndt served as a
political-military planner with the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
where he was responsible for development of the U.S. military commitment
to NATO. Between June 1987 and June 1990, he served with the 2nd Marine
Division as the G-3 Plans Officer, the Commanding Officer, 3rd
Battalion, 4th Marines, and the Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 6th
Marines. He also served a tour as the Executive Officer of Marine Forces
Panama from September 1988 to March 1989.
The Berndts moved to Stuttgart, Germany in 1990 where Colonel Berndt
served as a Middle East/Africa planner, as the U.S. Military Liaison to
the West Africa Peacekeeping Force in Liberia, and as the Assistant
Chief of Staff of Headquarters, U.S. European Command. He was then
assigned as the Officer-in-Charge, II MEF Special Operations Training
Group until he assumed command of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit on
April 27, 1994. General Berndt served as the Deputy Commander, Marine
Forces, Atlantic between 1995 and 1997. Subsequently, he served as the
Director Joint Training at USACOM and simultaneously as the Commander of
the Joint Warfighting Center. He served as the Deputy Commanding
General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia in
1999.
On 29 June 2000, Major General Berndt assumed command of the II Marine
Expeditionary Force/Striking Force, Atlantic, Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina.
General Berndt has attended the Amphibious Warfare School, the U.S.
Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College.
His personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal with
Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit, the Joint Meritorious Service
Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two Gold Stars, the Joint
Service Commendation Medal with a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, the Navy and
Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat "V", the Navy and Marine
Corps Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon with one Gold
Star.
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