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Brigadier General Charles L. Hudson

Photo of Brigadier General Charles L. Hudson: Commanding General, 1st Marine Logistics Group

Commanding General, 1st Marine Logistics Group

Brigadier General Hudson was commissioned in 1981 after graduation from The Citadel. He was subsequently assigned to the 2d Force Service Support Group where he served as a Platoon commander and Detachment Commander with 2d Landing Support Battalion and Marine Amphibious Unit Service Support Group 22.

In 1984, he reported to Headquarters, 12th Marine Corps District where he served as the Supply and Logistics Officer.

In 1988, he was assigned to the 1st Force Service Support Group and served as the Operations Officer and Executive Officer of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 15 and as a Company Commander and Operations Officer for 1st Landing Support Battalion.

Assigned to the Marine Corps Combat Development Command from 1992-1996, he served as the Logistics Assessment Officer within the Warfighting Development Integration Division and as the Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General.

From 1996 to 1998, he was assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force where he served as the I MEF Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) Program Officer and the I MEF G-4 Operations Officer. From 1998 to 2000, he was assigned to 1st Force Service Support Group where he served as the Commanding Officer, Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 11 and the 1st Force Service Support Group G-3 Operations officer.

Following graduation from the Marine Corps War College, he served on the faculty of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College from 2001 to 2003.

From 2003 to 2006, he served as the 1st Marine Logistics Group Assistant Chief of Staff G-3, Chief of Staff, and Commanding Officer, Combat Logistics Regiment 15.

From 2006 to 2007, he served as the Chief of Staff, Logistics Directorate, U.S. Central Command.

From 2007 to 2009, he served as the Chief, Office of Military Cooperation and the United States Defense Representative - Kuwait.

He has participated in operations conducted in Grenada, Lebanon, the Arabian Gulf, East Timor, and Iraq.

Brigadier General Hudson is a graduate of the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the Marine Corps War College. In addition to a Master of Military Studies and a Master of Strategic Studies, he holds a M.S. in Human Resource Management.