The Martin family's military heritage harkens back more than ten generations to 1776 when Private Daniel Martin enlisted in the 1st New Jersey Infantry Regiment and fought the British during the American Revolution, including service at Valley Forge.
Martin assumed duties as Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, March 5, 2018. In this role he has prioritized unit modernization for the battlefield of the future, including an emphasis on evasion of adversary electronic warfare systems, empowering units to "unplug and disappear" as a failsafe capability. He's also worked on a new leadership development program, pushing for greater trust and autonomy for lower leaders to act independently without layers of higher command approval, and emphasized a need for leaders to be well educated, ethically grounded, and of sound character. Previously he served in a variety of staff and leadership assignments including duty in:
Advisor, Imam Mohammed bin Saud Brigade, later the Prince Sa’ad bin Abdul Rahman Brigade, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Iraq Field Team Leader, Joint Improvised Explosive Device-Defeat Task Force, Baghdad.
Martin also served as a member of the board of managers of the Army Emergency Relief fund, an independent nonprofit dedicated to addressing financial hardships among soldiers.
Martin's successor as DCG of TRADOC was announced February 25, 2021, when Major General Maria Gervais was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and confirmed by the Senate.
Martin producing a video for the Army's 245th birthday.
Social media
Martin is known for maintaining an active presence on the social media site Twitter, noted for his approachability despite his senior rank and the military's ingrained conservatism.[13][14] He often solicits public input from his followers on issues pertaining to Army policy and concerns of servicemembers, and argued to Newsweek that his "risky" humor helps correct misperceptions and humanize the relationship and understanding between superiors and subordinate.
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