You are
cordially invited to attend
The Young Business Leaders’ Spring Luncheon
On
Wednesday, the 5th
of May, 2010
Eleven
thirty AM
The Hilton
Hotel
Our
distinguished speaker will be
Major General
Mastin M. Robeson
U.S. Marine Corps Forces
Special Operations Command
A native of the
Carolinas, Major General Robeson graduated from
Chester
High School
and
Bryan
College,
and was commissioned in December 1975.
His company grade assignments included
rifle and weapons platoons in the 1st Marine Division,
command of a Marine Detachment afloat (USS Kennedy), Marine
Barracks 8th and I, and command of rifle and weapons
companies in 1st Battalion, 6th Marines.
As a field grade officer he instructed
at the Amphibious Warfare School, commanded the Fleet
AntiTerrorism Security Team Company and 1st Battalion, 6th
Marines (BLT with 22nd MEU), and instructed at the US Army
School of Advanced Warfighting. He also served in the
Executive Secretariate for DOD and as the Military Assistant
to the Secretary of Defense. He then returned to the 2D
Marine Division where he commanded the 8th Marine Regiment.
Selected for
Brigadier General in 2001, he has served as Assistant
Division Commander and Commanding General of 2d Marine
Division, Commander of Combined Joint Task Force Horn of
Africa, Commanding General of 4th MEB (AT), Commanding
General of 3d MEB, Commanding General of 3d Marine Division,
Deputy Commander of III MEF, and CJ-5 for MNF-I in Iraq.
Major General Robeson assumed
command of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command in
July 2008.
Major General
Robeson is a graduate of Amphibious
Warfare
School,
Command and
Staff
College,
and Advanced Operational Art Studies Fellowship; and holds a
Masters in Military Arts and Science.
He has served in
Liberia,
Desert Storm,
Somalia,
Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He is married, and has four children
and three grandchildren.
To sign up as a sponsor or to reserve tickets, please call
the YBL office at 601-978-1848 or email your reservation to
admin@ybljackson.org.
