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Upon joining the 3d Marine
Division, Colonel Medina was assigned to 2d Battalion, 4th Marines. He
served as Battalion Adjutant and later as Company Commander, Company
F. Following this tour he was transferred to the Marine Corps
Recruiting Station, Seattle, Washington where he served as Executive
Officer (May 1981 - July 1984). Following this assignment, he
completed Amphibious Warfare School as an Honor graduate in May 1985
and was transferred to the 1st Marine Division.
Upon joining the 1st Marine
Division, he was assigned to the 3d Battalion, 5th Marines. He served
as Company Commander, Weapons Company from June 1985 to January 1987.
He was subsequently reassigned as the Battalion S-3/Operations Officer
until July 1988. In July 1988, then Major Medina joined the Naval ROTC
Unit at Penn State University as the Marine Officer
Instructor/Associate Professor of Naval Science. During this tour he
served two summer assignments at Officer Candidates School, Quantico,
Virginia, as Executive Officer (1989) and subsequently as Company
Commander, Company G (1990). Colonel Medina was selected to attend
the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and completed this course
during the 1991-92 year as a Distinguished Graduate.
Following completion of Command and Staff College, Colonel Medina
remained at the Marine Corps University and was reassigned to the
staff of The Basic School. He served initially as Company Commander
for two Basic Officer Courses. Upon selection for Lieutenant Colonel,
he was assigned as the Instructional Group Chief/Chief Instructor.
During October 1994 he was transferred to the 2d Marine Division at
Camp Lejeune.
Upon reporting to the 2d Marine
Division, Colonel Medina was initially assigned to the G-3/Operations
Section. In May 1995, he assumed command of 3d Battalion, 2d Marine
Regiment, the "Betio Battalion". During his tour as Battalion
Commander, his Battalion was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in
Support of JTF-160 for Operation SEA SIGNAL in 1995 and to Okinawa,
Japan as part of the Unit Deployment Program in 1996. Upon
relinquishment of his command in February 1997, he was reassigned as
Executive Officer, 2d Marines until being transferred to the NATO
Defense College, Rome, Italy in August 1997.
Upon graduation from
the NATO Defense College in February 1998, he was transferred to
Headquarters, U.S. European Command where he was assigned as
Contingency Plans Branch Chief, J3 Directorate. During the onset of
the Kosovo Crisis in August 1998 until June 1999, he simultaneously
served as Chief, Kosovo Plans Group for Operations NOBLE ANVIL/ALLIED
FORCE and JOINT GUARDIAN. Upon his promotion to Colonel in June 1999,
he was assigned as Chief, Operations Plans Division (J35), Operations
Directorate. He was transferred to Marine Corps Recruiting Command at
Quantico, Virginia in January 2000, as the G-3, Enlisted Recruiting
Operations & Plans. He assumed command of the 3rd Marine Regiment in
June 2001.
Colonel Medina's personal
decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense
Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with two Gold
Stars, Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Navy Commendation
Medal with two Gold Stars.
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