Glenn M. Walters

Biography

Walters was born in 1957 and commissioned a second lieutenant on 12 May 1979 via the NROTC, after graduating from The Citadel with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Upon completion of the Officers Basic Course in November 1979, he was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines at Camp Lejeune as a Platoon Commander in Weapons Company. He attended flight training in Pensacola Florida, and was designated a Naval Aviator in March 1981.

After receiving his wings, Walters was assigned to MAG-39 for training in the AH-1T, subsequently transferring to HMA-169 as the Flight Line Officer, Flight Scheduler and Adjutant. He completed two WESTPAC cruises in 1983 and 1984 with HMM-265.

During June 1986, Walters was assigned to 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton for duty as Air Officer and Operations Officer. In July 1987 he was reassigned to HMT-303 for refresher training in the AH-1J and subsequent transition to the AH-1W. In July 1987 he was deployed on MAGTF 1-88 in support of Operation Ernest Will in the Persian Gulf on the USS Okinawa. After returning to the United States he was assigned as the Assistant Operations Officer and S-4 in HMLA-169.

Departing MAG-39 in September 1989, Walters attended Multi-Engine Transition Training at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. He then attended the United States Naval Test Pilot School in 1990. After graduation from Test Pilot School, Walters was assigned to the Attack/Assault Department of the Rotary Wing Aircraft Test Directorate at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River. His duties included Flight Test lead for the AH-1W Night Targeting System, Integrated Body and Head Restraint System and AH-1W Maverick Missile feasibility testing. He was elected to the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in October 1994.

In April 1994, after his tour in Flight Test, Walters was assigned duties in the Fleet Introduction Team for the AH-1W Night Targeting System at MAG-39 in Camp Pendleton. Upon completion of Fleet Introduction of the NTS system, Walters assumed the duties as Operation Officer for HMLA-369, deploying to Okinawa in November 1995. Returning from Okinawa in May 1996, Major General Walters assumed the duties as XO of HMLA-369.

Walters took command of HMT-303 on 4 June 1997 and relinquished command 21 months later on 2 March 1999. He was subsequently assigned the duties of XO, Mag-39. During April 1999, Walters was transferred to the Aviation Branch, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, for service as the Head, APP-2 in the Aviation Plans and Programs Division. In March 2001, he was transferred to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, Defense System, Land Warfare, where he was an Aviation Staff Specialist.

Walters assumed command of VMX-22 on 28 August 2003, becoming the first Commanding Officer of the Squadron. In August 2006, Walters was assigned as head of the Aviation Requirements Branch (APW) in the Department of Aviation at HQMC. From January 2007 to April 2008, he served as head of the Plans, Policy and Budget Branch (APP). In March 2008 he assumed the duties of Assistant Deputy Commandant for Aviation. After his promotion to Brigadier General in August 2008, he was assigned to the Joint Staff as Deputy Director J-8, DDRA. Walters came to 2d Marine Aircraft Wing in July 2010, and assumed command of 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) in November 2010. He was promoted to Major General while deployed in August 2011.

Walters is married to the former Gail Hannah of Seattle, Washington. Gail currently resides in Alexandria, Va.

Awards and decorations

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