U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major (SgtMaj) Joshua A. Espedal currently serves as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader for Marine Wing Support Squadron 473.
SgtMaj Espedal attended recruit training in 2004 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California. Following recruit training and Marine Combat Training, he attended the Ground Communication Organizational Repair Course at Marine Corps Communication and Electronics School, Twentynine Palms, California, earning the military occupational specialty (mos) of 2844 (Radio Repairer), and again in 2013 earning the mos 2862 (Electronics Maintenance Technician)
SgtMaj Espedal’s assignments included: Communications Technician, Headquarters and Service (H&S) Company, 4th Tank Battalion; Combat Vehicle Crewman, Delta Company, 4th Tank Battalion; , Communications Platoon Sergeant, H&S Company, 4th Tank Battalion; Unit Senior Enlisted Leader, Portsmouth Detachment, Wounded Warrior Battalion East; Electronics Maintenance Chief, Maintenance Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 451; Unit Senior Enlisted Leader, Company B, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion; Unit Senior Enlisted Leader, H&S Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion; and Unit Senior Enlisted Leader, Maintenance Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 23. Additionally, SgtMaj Espedal has served as a Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival since 2009, Martial Arts Instructor, Machine Gun Trainer, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocate, and Substance Abuse Control Officer.
SgtMaj Espedal’s deployments include: Operation Iraqi Freedom ‘07, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) - Black Sea Rotational Force 11, SPMAGTF - Southern Command (SC) 17, SPMAGTF - Crisis Response - Central Command 19, and SPMAGTF-SC 20.