Background
O'Dell,, Douglas V. was born in 1948.
O'Dell,, Douglas V. was born in 1948.
Bachelor in History and Latin American Studies, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 1971. Graduate, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense College Senior Reserve Officers Course, Rome. Graduate, United States Army War College.
Graduate Senior Reserve Component Officers Course, Carlisle. Graduate Senior Executive Course, Harvard University. Graduate, Capstone.
Enlisted United States Marine Corps, 1968, advanced through grades to major general, 2004. Rifle platoon Commander 1st Battalion, 7th Marines. Platoon Commander, company executive officer, headquarters commandant 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines.
Served with 4th Service Battalion, United States Marine Corps Reserve, Freemansburg, Pennsylvania, 1974—1975. Company executive officer, weapons company Commander, fire support coordinator, battalion operations officer 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, 1975—1985. Operations officer 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, 1985, 1/23 to commanding officer, 1987.
Served with Detachment 2, Headquarters, 4th Marine Division. G-3 plans 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, 1989, 1993—1998. Served with II Minnesota Education Fairs staff, Operation Desert Storm, 1990—1991.
Executive officer to commanding officer 25th Marines, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1992—1993. Deputy chief staff Marine Forces Reserve, 1998—2001. Assistant division Commander 4th Marine Division, New Orleans, 1999—2001.
Commander 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Anti-Terrorism), Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2001—2004, 4th Marine Division/ Joint Task Force Katrina/Rita, New Orleans, 2004—2007. Retired, 2007; coordinator Recovery & Rebuilding in the Gulf Coast Region United States Department Homeland Security, New Orleans, 2008—2009. Regional vice president American Institute of Management Investments, 1988—1993, partner, 1993—2001.
Married Judith O'Dell. 5 children.