Board/Staff Profiles:

LtGen Robert “Fuzzy” Hedelund, USMC (Ret)

Lieutenant General Robert F. Hedelund retired from the United States Marine Corps in November 2021 after 38 years of active duty service. A native of Pompano Beach, Florida, LtGen Hedelund graduated from Florida Atlantic University and was commissioned in 1983. In his last active duty assignment, he served as Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic; Commander, Marine Forces Command; and Commander, Marine Forces Northern Command. 

LtGen Hedelund has deployed in peacetime and in combat with HMM-264, HMM-365, and HMM-162. He has served as a Basic and Advanced Flight Instructor at Helicopter Training Squadron (HT) 18 and as a CH46E Instructor, Division Head, and Assault Support Department Head at MAWTS-1. He has flown over 5200 flight hours in rotary wing, tilt-rotor, and fixed-wing aircraft. LtGen was awarded the Marine Corps Aviation Association’s Silver Hawk Award for being the senior active duty Marine Aviator for the years 2019, 2020, and 2021. 

Previous command assignments include Headquarters Squadron, Marine Aircraft Group 29; Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 162; Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1); Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory; 2d Marine Aircraft Wing; U.S. Marine Corps Forces Korea; and II Marine Expeditionary Force. Staff assignments include the Marine Corps Strategic Studies Group, MCCDC; U.S. Northern Command Desk Officer, U.S. Joint Forces Command; Senior Military Assistant and Marine Aide to the Secretary of the Navy; Director, Marine and Family Programs Division (MF), Manpower & Reserve Affairs; Assistant Chief of Staff UCJ-5, United Nations Command, ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea. LtGen Hedelund is a distinguished graduate of The Basic School and Marine Corps Command and Staff College. He has also attended the Air War College, Joint Forces Staff College, CAPSTONE, and the Joint Force Air Component Command Course.