Aaron Tooke

Mr. Tooke is the Deputy Commandant for Information- Intelligence Division’s Intelligence Mission Manager. As the USMC Intelligence Mission Manager, he advises the DCI, the DIRINT, and the Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise (MCISRE) on all aspects of strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence, including current and future programs. Mr. Tooke has served in the Intelligence Community for 20+ years and has managed and led at the division and office levels in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency influencing overhead collections, crosscommunity coordination and integration, and most recently GEOINT foundation productions by providing operational advantage to the USN submarine forces.

Mr. Tooke is also a Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves where he currently serves as the Reserve Assistant Chief of Staff, G2 to the III MEF Commanding General in Okinawa, Japan. Mr. Tooke augments III MEF exercises, extends the G2’s reach, and adds leadership and diversity to the Commanding General’s Senior Staff. He bridges national level intelligence capabilities to Marine Corps warfighting needs and he supports the III MEF from afar by applying his intelligence expertise towards CONOPS reviews and contributing insights with developing Intelligence Support to the Marine Littoral Regiment concept.

Mr. Tooke joined the Marine Corps in 1994 and transitioned to the Reserves in 2004. He is an Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veteran where he served as the Senior Intelligence Watch Officer with 2nd Intelligence Battalion leading the MEF’s Tactical Fusion Center in Camp Blue Diamond, Ramadi, IZ. He has applied his Intelligence Community and Marine Corps experience by serving in support of the Office Undersecretary Defense Intelligence (OUSDI) as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Liaison Officer to the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Task Force (ISR-TF) where he advised and aligned over $200M in NGA technical initiatives supporting Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). His personal decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (second award), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.

Mr. Tooke earned his undergraduate in Business Administration at the University of Texas and his Master’s in Business Administration at Johns Hopkins University. He has completed Marine Corps Command & Staff and most recently the U.S Air Force Air War College.