{"id":31586,"date":"2022-10-14T15:03:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T15:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/14\/for-maj-gen-bobbi-shea-this-is-the-key-to-success-as-a-marine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:47:31","slug":"for-maj-gen-bobbi-shea-this-is-the-key-to-success-as-a-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/10\/14\/for-maj-gen-bobbi-shea-this-is-the-key-to-success-as-a-marine\/","title":{"rendered":"For Maj. Gen. Bobbi Shea, this is the key to success as a Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The way Maj. Gen. Roberta \u201cBobbi\u201d Shea tells it, she was a somewhat aimless teenager working at a Wendy\u2019s in her hometown of Dover, New Hampshire, in 1985 when a phone call from a Marine Corps recruiter changed her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly four decades later, she has a resume to rival that of any Marine Corps officer \u2015 and career momentum that could well propel her to greater positions of authority. In the Corps, which has never had a female four-star general, her rising star is one to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s not something Shea really wants to talk about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now 56-years-old and serving as legislative assistant to the commandant at the Pentagon, she repeatedly invokes luck and good fortune when discussing an impressive career, which has included a year as a White House fellow; a stint as acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, a post typically held by civilians; a tour in command of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/10\/11\/marine-drill-instructors-crude-sexual-marks-prompt-boot-camps-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\">4th Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island, South Carolina<\/a>; and a ground-floor role in establishing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/03\/17\/marine-corps-unveils-influence-officers-for-information-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\"> I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\u2019s deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, earning a Combat Action Ribbon downrange. She shoots expert on pistols and rifles. She\u2019s also emerged as a prominent advocate for women in uniform, notably launching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/02\/23\/this-new-program-aims-to-make-it-easier-for-marines-to-be-moms-and-warriors\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Artemis Program<\/a> in 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/07\/06\/corps-deactivates-logistics-regiment-as-commandant-enacts-his-vision-for-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">while in command of 1st Marine Logistics Group<\/a> to provide support and resources to mothers in the Marine Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/02\/23\/this-new-program-aims-to-make-it-easier-for-marines-to-be-moms-and-warriors\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/artemis.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">This new program aims to make it easier for Marines to be moms and warriors<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Artemis program is named after the Greek goddess of the hunt and childbirth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to her status as one of the Corps\u2019 most senior female officers, however, she emphasizes that a Marine is a Marine and that she sees herself as part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/02\/25\/first-female-infantry-marine-officer-leaves-corps-as-commandant-calls-for-more-women-at-infantry-officer-course\/\" target=\"_blank\">of a much larger group of talented female leaders <\/a>who are making the service stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marine Corps Times spoke with Shea in late June about her career and experiences. The below Q-and-A has been edited for length and clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q: You\u2019ve described your high school self as a \u201cdistracted youth.\u201d What was the pivot point for you?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A: <\/b>I probably don\u2019t have a great origin story about a family lineage and history of serving our country. But I think what I did have was just a lucky break. Because when I ended up down there at Parris Island in January of 1985, for me, it was really like coming home. You know, the challenge, the structure, the discipline, the sense of teamwork. I didn\u2019t know that I needed it, or that I wanted it, but when I found it, I just really fell in love with it. And the Marine Corps just became such an important part of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q: Did you know immediately what you wanted to do as a Marine?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A: <\/b>At the time, they were trying to put women in what they would call nontraditional (military occupational specialties). And I became a ground support equipment mechanic. And you know, I just loved working with my hands and, you having something tangible \u2015 something fixed at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s funny, you look back at the history of our Corps, you know, what our women Marines did in World War II, and it wasn\u2019t so nontraditional. But, as you know, our women Marines have filled what spot our country has asked them to, and done it gladly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q: You graduated from the Naval Academy in 1991. What guided your job choice when you were commissioned?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A: <\/b>It was a mentor. He asked me, What are the two most important traits that you want out of your job? And I said, I want to lead a platoon, and I want to go to the field a lot. And he looked at me and said, \u201cOh, you want to be a communications officer.\u201d And I was super lucky that I was able to get that MOS. Because my very first day out in the fleet, when I checked into my first unit, my platoon was in the field. And, you know, I checked in, and on the same day, I was headed out to the field. It was absolutely everything that I wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1198\" height=\"738\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5596102.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5596102.jpg.jpg 1198w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5596102.jpg.jpg?resize=300,185 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5596102.jpg.jpg?resize=768,473 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5596102.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,631 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Sklenka, off-going commanding general, 1st Marine Logistics Group and on-coming commanding general Brig. Gen. Bobbi Shea shake hands during a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton July 19, 2019. (Sgt. Maximiliano Rosas\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q: Do you have any specific role models who\u2019ve helped shape your leadership style?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A: <\/b>Early on someone told me, \u201cYou\u2019re never going to find somebody exactly like you to model yourself after. So, don\u2019t try and change to be like somebody you\u2019re not. But instead, try and find a constellation of mentors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve been really lucky to have some great mentors over my career. There have been many who have gone before me, and a lot of folks that I\u2019ve served with, who are junior to me in rank, that I\u2019ve tried to model myself after as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q: It\u2019s not always easy to develop mentorship relationships when there aren\u2019t as many people around who look like you. What has helped you develop those relationships?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A: <\/b>For any Marine, it is unlikely that you\u2019re going to find somebody exactly like you. I\u2019ve got infantry officers who have been strong mentors to me, aviation officers. I\u2019ve had sergeants major, staff sergeants. I had an awesome corporal mentoring me today. When you put it in your worldview that there\u2019s a whole host of people that can mentor me, and you don\u2019t try to silo it into just one person. That\u2019s kind of the approach that in my own professional development, is trying to cast the net widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q: What did you learn from your time as a White House fellow?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A: <\/b>My fellowship year started Sept. 1, 2001: 11 days before 9\/11. We all went into the year with a certain idea of how the year was going to unfold. And then the world changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just a couple weeks into my fellowship, I got reassigned to this brand-new Office of Homeland Security, just trying to figure out how, at the highest levels, you apply whole-of-government solutions for the protection and the defense of our nation. The ability to watch leaders at a time of our national crisis, how they make decisions and what was important to them, those are lifelong lessons that I\u2019ve certainly kept with me to this day. One of the big things that I took away is a leader\u2019s responsibility to look at things from all sides. In decisions of consequence, no one person has the fullest insight into a problem. And it\u2019s only together as a team that people can truly see the complexity of an issue, and then work toward a practical solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q: How have you been able to apply that personally?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A: <\/b>In my current job as the director of legislative affairs, members of Congress will have a certain point of view. And over in the executive branch, you might have a certain perspective. But it\u2019s only when you put those two perspectives together that you have the most accurate picture of what\u2019s really going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think that they\u2019re not competing; that they actually are complementary and are additive to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q:<\/b> <b>You\u2019ve deployed multiple times (to Afghanistan and Iraq as the S-6 officer for the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and again to Afghanistan as Director of the Commander\u2019s Initiatives Group for International Security Assistance Forces). What memories characterize those deployments?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A: <\/b>(With the 22nd MEU in Iraq), one of my jobs was, every time we sent a maneuver unit out, to send one of my radio operators. And you could tell sometimes when the mission was going to be exceptionally difficult, or folks were worried about it. All they wanted from me was, give me your best radio operator, give me the person who can get the job done. And that\u2019s what we did: we gave them the best Marines, whether they were six feet tall or five foot four, whether they were male or female, or Hispanic or African American, or white, or whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All folks wanted to know, when the situation really demanded it, was that the person can get the job done. It\u2019s important for our Marines to understand that when there\u2019s consequential action, that\u2019s what we care about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q: What was it like to be part of the launch effort for I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, underscoring the Marine Corps\u2019 growing emphasis on the information component of warfare?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A. <\/b>That was an exciting time. (Then-commandant Gen. Robert Neller) was asking, how do we better integrate information and all the functionalities within it into our combined arms approach?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marines are masters of combined arms, putting our enemy or adversary at the horns of a dilemma with multiple types of challenges. So how do we wrap information into that, and how do we do it at speed? I thought the approach that Commandant Neller took, which was, put together a couple of different teams, and have one team go really far out, and have another one take a more conservative approach. And then, where do you land \u2015 what innovation and change can the organization bear, and how fast can it bear it? It was fascinating for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that\u2019s probably how a lot of Marine Corps change and innovation happens. Somebody throws out some ideas, maybe there\u2019s some structure, maybe there\u2019s some resources, and then young Marine officers and staff noncommissioned officers just take it to places you never would have imagined. Pretty impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"684\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5940586.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5940586.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5940586.jpg.jpg?resize=300,171 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5940586.jpg.jpg?resize=768,438 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5940586.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,584 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brig. Gen. Bobbi Shea, commanding general of 1st Marine Logistics Group, serves turkey to fellow Marines during a Thanksgiving potluck on Nov. 25, 2019, at Camp Pendleton, California. (Sgt. Conner Robbins\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q: The Marine Corps is still the most male-dominated of the military services, and the number of female general officers in the service has not increased meaningfully over the decades. What do you believe it will take to establish more women in senior leadership roles in the Corps?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A:<\/b> I tell a story of when I was in the squad bay (at boot camp), and our drill instructors came in and announced that a woman (Gail Reals) had been selected (by a promotion board) to be a general. And today I understand why my drill instructors came into the squad bay and announced that, because that was a big inflection point in our Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, when we select a woman to be a general, I\u2019m not sure that it merits a squad bay announcement anymore. Young women and young men in our Corps, they expect it to happen. What I\u2019m excited about is, you know, now we have new generations of young Marines, who expect us to select a wide variety of folks to be general officers. When I look out into the operating forces today, and I see all these tremendous, tremendous Marines \u2015 colonels, lieutenant colonels \u2015 it is incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This generation of female leaders that we have come in behind us, combat experienced, tactically proficient professionals wearing packs on their back and leading from the front. It\u2019s amazing, and I\u2019m pretty excited about the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q: What are your own career goals at this point?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A: <\/b>I don\u2019t have any specific career goals for myself. I just want to keep doing what I\u2019ve always tried to do, which is help other Marines to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, I\u2019m doing it by hoping to, you know, help Marines out in the (fleet), articulating their requirements and their needs to the Congress. But just like when I started out as a platoon commander, I just wanted to help the Marines in my platoon. I think that\u2019s kind of been my enduring goal all along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Corps, which has never had a female four-star general, Maj. Gen. 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