Lieutenant Colonel Marcus D. Majure, U.S. Army (Ret.), was commissioned as an Army Aviation Officer from Delta State University in 1987. After completing the Test Pilot Course, he flew the OH-58A/C Scout, the AH-1F Cobra and the AH-64A Apache helicopters. Mr. Majure attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and simultaneously graduated with a Master’s degree from Central Michigan University in 2002. He commanded the Mississippi State University Army ROTC Bulldog Battalion and the Pony Express Battalion in northwest Missouri. In the fall of 2010 he commanded and deployed to Iraq with the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment. In 2014, he became the Deputy Director for the Center for Army Lessons Learned, Combined Arms Center, Mission Command Center of Excellence, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he is currently assigned.