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Marc Wicks

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Mark Wicks
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Marines
Years of service1983–2014
RankWarrant Officer Class 1
Unit42 Commando
CommandsSenior Enlisted Advisor – NATO Allied Command Transformation
Corps Regimental Sergeant Major
Battles / warsThe Troubles
War in Afghanistan
Iraq War
AwardsMember of the Order of the British Empire
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (United States)

Regimental Sergeant Major Marc Wicks, MBE is a former Corps Regimental Sergeant Major of the Royal Marines who went on to serve as Senior Enlisted Advisor to NATO's Allied Command Transformation.[1]

Military career

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Wicks was born in Devon and educated at Audley Park Secondary Modern School in Torquay. He joined the Royal Marines in March 1983.[2] He served with 42 Commando in Plymouth. He also served in Norway and qualified as a military ski instructor. In 1984 he deployed to Northern Ireland on Operation Banner, and in 1988 he volunteered to return to Northern Ireland for Operation Internet.[2]

Wicks completed a physical training instructor first class course, qualifying at the top of his class. In 1998 he became the physical training advisor at the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia. While there he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.[2]

After passing the Regimental Sergeant Major's Board, Wicks was appointed as the Regimental Sergeant Major of 42 Commando in March 2005. He completed numerous exercises, deployed to Norway and served in Afghanistan on Operation Herrick 5. On his return from operations he was assigned as the Regimental Sergeant Major of Command Support Training, where he was responsible for the training of all future warrant officers in the Royal Marines.[2] Wicks was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 2008.[3]

Wicks was then selected to serve as the Corps Regimental Sergeant Major until June 2011, when he assumed his position at NATO. Wicks took over the role as Allied Command Transformation senior enlisted leader from Command Sergeant Major Ludek Kolesa, from the Czech Republic who held the post from 2007 to 2011,[1] after selection from candidates from all NATO countries.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "NATO-ACT Command Senior Enlisted Leader Visits Joint Forces Staff College". Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Command Senior Enlisted Leader". Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. ^ "No. 58586". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 January 2008. p. 888.
  4. ^ "Royal rates tops in NATO". Navy News: 32. March 2011.
Military offices
Preceded by Senior Enlisted Advisor – NATO Allied Command Transformation
2011–2014
Succeeded by
Jack Johnson, Jr
Preceded by Corps Regimental Sergeant Major
2010–2011
Succeeded by