Lieutenant Colonel Mark C. Anarumo, PhD. - Stockton College

U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R C E
LIEUTENANT COLONEL MARK C. ANARUMO
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Anarumo is Chair of Homeland
Security and Terrorism Studies at Stockton College, a
geographically separated unit of the Air Force Security
Forces Center. He leads a program providing graduate
level education to military and civilian personnel from
DoD and other government agencies. He develops
curriculum for homeland security courses and teaches
classes on disaster preparedness, crisis management,
terrorism, transportation security, and private sector
operations management. He also performs as liaison for
supporting agencies including the Federal Air Marshalls,
Transportation Security Administration, Customs and
Border Protection, Coast Guard, and state and federal
homeland security and preparedness offices. He serves
as a representative to several organizations dealing with
higher education, terrorism, homeland security, and
criminal justice.
Lieutenant Colonel Anarumo entered the Air Force in
1994 as the Distinguished Graduate of Air Force ROTC
at Rutgers University. He completed the Security Police
Academy as the Honor Graduate and Top Gun Award
winner, and the Ground Combat Skills Level IV course as
the Honor Graduate and Leadership Award winner. He
has served as Deputy Chief of Force Development at Headquarters, Air Combat Command, Executive
Officer to the Air Combat Command Director of Security Forces, and as Operations Officer for the largest
deployed Security Forces Squadron in the world. He also served as an Air Force Fellow in the Air Force
Institute of Technology Civilian Institutions Program, completing his doctoral dissertation on terrorist
threat forecasting. He has commanded two Security Forces squadrons; the 43d Security Forces
Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, and the 376th Expeditionary Security Forces
Squadron at Manas Air Base, Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Prior to entering the Air Force, he served in the
US Army as an M-1 Abrams tanks crewman, reaching the rank of Corporal and tank commander before
being discharged to attend Air Force ROTC. Lieutenant Colonel Anarumo is a graduate of the Federal
Bureau of Investigations National Academy, US Army Pathfinder School, US Army Air Assault School,
and several courses at the US Air Force Special Operations School.
EDUCATION
1994 Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice, Rutgers University
1999 Master of Arts in Criminal Justice, Rutgers School of Criminal Justice
2000 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2001 Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy, 204th Session
2004 Air Command and Staff College Beta Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2005 Ph.D., Criminal Justice, Rutgers University Graduate School

ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1988 – March 1991, US Army M-1 Abrams Armor Crewman, 2d Armored Division, Ft
Hood TX and 3d Infantry Division, Grafenwoehr, Germany
2. September 1994 – November 1995, Shift Commander, 96th Security Police Squadron, Eglin AFB FL
3. November 1995 – June 1996, Assistant Ops Officer, 96th Security Police Squadron, Eglin AFB FL
4. June 1996 – July 1997, Resources and Training Flight Leader, 96th Security Police Squadron,
Eglin AFB FL
5. July 1997 – May 1999, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, Newark NJ
6. May 1999 – April 2000, Action Officer, Directorate of Aerospace Operations, Headquarters Air
Combat Command, Langley AFB VA
7. April 2000 – August 2001, Executive Officer to the Director of Security Forces, Headquarters, Air
Combat Command, Langley AFB VA
8. August 2001 – August 2002, Operations Officer, 363d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron,
Prince Sultan Air Base, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
9. August 2002 – September 2003, Operations Officer, 305th Security Forces Squadron,
McGuire AFB NJ
10. September 2003 – May 2005, Air Force Fellow/IDE in-resident student, Air Force Institute of
Technology Civilian Institution Program, Rutgers University, Newark NJ
11. March 2006 – September 2006, Commander, 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron,
Manas Air Base, Kyrgyz Republic
12. May 2005 – May 2007, Commander, 43d Security Forces Squadron, Pope AFB NC
13. June 2007 – present, Chair of Homeland Security and Terrorism Studies, Pomona NJ (GSU)
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Army Achievement Medal
Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device and four oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant July 10 1994
First Lieutenant July 10 1996
Captain July 10 1998
Major December 1 2004
Lieutenant Colonel June 1 2008