William J. Marks

William Marks is a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He is currently the public affairs officer and chief spokesperson for the Defense Intelligence Agency.

In his roles as Public Affairs Officer for the Defence Intelligence Agency and Chief of Media for the U.S. Navy, Marks has frequently appeared in the press and other media explaining U.S. policies as they changed as a result of the "War on Terror". He has been the spokesman for military policy in a number of important areas including the largest search in history, the Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. At the height of the media interest in the plane search, Marks and his 7 sub-ordinates gave 26 interviews and answered 200 email requests for information during a 24 hour period. Eventually his team gave 182 live interviews over a 30-day period before the search was concluded. While serving at the Pentagon he was the lead spokesperson for environmental, medical and legal issues. Provided by Wikipedia