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    HomeAbout UsBiographiesDisplay      071101-F-JZ501-044.JPGEngage On
        
        071101-F-JZ501-044.JPGROBERT T. "BO" MARLINRobert T. “Bo” Marlin is a Defense Intelligence Senior Leader in the Senior Executive Service and serves as the Technical Advisor for Military Intelligence Program Resources in the Directorate for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Resources, Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, DC.
The Resources Directorate is the Air Force lead for intelligence resource planning, programming and execution; and provides planning, programming, and budgeting oversight and guidance for all Air Force Military and National Intelligence Programs.
Mr. Marlin provides technical advice and expertise on ISR sensordevelopment,operationalemployment,forceallocationandresourceprioritizationfortheentirespectrumofmilitary intelligenceprograms (with an overall budget of $7 billion and over 30,000 personnel)toinclude geospatialimagery,signals,andcyber intelligenceoperations.  HisresponsibilitiesincludebudgetaryoversightforAirForcemanned and unmannedairborneISRassetstoinclude theRC-135V/WRivetJoint,RC-135UCombatSent,RC-135SCobraBall,WC-135 Constant Phoenix,U-2SDragonLady,RQ-4GlobalHawk,MQ-1/9Predator,andthe Air ForceDistributedCommonGroundSystem(DCGS).
Mr. Marlin served in the Air Force from 1978 to 2007, retiring at the rank of colonel.  While on active duty, he served as an Electronic Warfare Officer, Instructor, and Evaluator and accumulated nearly 3,900 flight hours in all models of the RC-135. He also commanded the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron; the Medina Regional Security Operations Center (now NSA-Texas) and 543rd Intelligence Group; and was the Vice Commander of the 67th Information Operations Wing.  He completed his active duty service as the Director of ISR Capabilities at the Pentagon.
**EDUCATION** 
1978 Bachelor of Science degree in engineering mechanics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 
1979 Master of Science degree in metallurgical engineering, Columbia University, N.Y. 
1985 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 
1992 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 
1994 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 
2001 Master's degree in strategic studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 
2014 Director of National Intelligence's "Leading the Intelligence Community" Executive Leadership Education **CAREER CHRONOLOGY** 
1. 1978 - 2007, active-duty Air Force officer 
2. Sep 2007 – Nov 2015, Technical Adviser for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Capabilities and Integration, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC3. Nov 2015 – present, Technical Advisor for Military Intelligence Program Resources, ISR Resources Directorate, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC 
(Current as of February 2016)
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