Chief Prosecutor
Military Commissions
Brigadier General
Mark S. Martins

Brigadier General Mark Martins is currently serving as the Chief Prosecutor of Military
Commissions in Washington, D.C. Prior to this assignment, Brigadier General Martins was
deployed to Afghanistan where he served as the Interim Commander and then Deputy
Commander of Joint Task Force (JTF) 435 and most recently as Commander, Rule of Law
Field Force - Afghanistan. Commissioned in the infantry from the United States Military
Academy in 1983, Brigadier General Martins served as a platoon leader and brigade staff
officer in the 82d Airborne Division before becoming a judge advocate. He has served in a
variety of subsequent positions: Chief of Administrative Law, Chief of Legal Assistance,
Operational Law Attorney, Trial Counsel, and Senior Trial Counsel at the 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell; Instructor of International and Operational Law
and Deputy Director of the Center for Law and Military Operations in Charlottesville,
Virginia; Deputy Staff Judge Advocate for the 1st Infantry Division in Wuerzburg, Germany
with duty in Kosovo as Chief of Staff of USKFOR and later Legal Advisor to Commanding
General, Task Force Falcon; Deputy Staff Judge Advocate for XVIII Airborne Corps and
Fort Bragg; Staff Judge Advocate for 1st Armored Division in Germany and Iraq; Deputy
Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C., with duty
in Baghdad as counsel to Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq; Staff Judge
Advocate for Multi-National Force-Iraq; and Executive Secretary, Detention Policy Task
Force, Washington, D.C.
Brigadier General Martins is a Rhodes Scholar and a graduate of Harvard Law School. He
holds an L.L.M. in Military Law and a Masters Degree in National Security Strategy. He
attended the Infantry and Judge Advocate Officer Basic courses, the Judge Advocate
Graduate Course, the Combined Arms and Services Staff School, the Command and
General Staff College, and the National War College. He has published widely in
professional journals.

 His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze
Star (multiple awards), the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service
Medal (multiple awards), and the NATO Meritorious Service Medal. He is authorized to
wear the Ranger Tab, Pathfinder Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, Senior Parachutist
Badge, and Air Assault Badge.
Brigadier General Martins is married and has two children.