LtCol Lybeck is a native of Bellevue, Washington and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Law, Society, and Justice. He was commissioned after completion of Officer Candidate School in August 2007. After attending The Basic School, he completed the Logistics Officer Course in 2008.
LtCol Lybeck's Fleet Marine Force assignments include service in multiple elements of the MAGTF. He has commanded at the platoon level, the company level as a Captain and Major, and served in several staff positions. While assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 371 in Yuma, Arizona from 2008 to 2011, he served as the Incident Response Platoon Commander, Motor Transportation Platoon Commander, Maintenance Management Officer, Logistics Officer/S-4, and Headquarters and Services Company Commander. In 2009, as a special staff officer, he deployed with MWSS 371 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Assigned to 2d Battalion, 4th Marines as the S-4 Officer from 2015 to 2017, LtCol Lybeck deployed to Okinawa, Japan as part of the Unit Deployment Program. During this deployment, LtCol Lybeck participated in Amphibious Landing Exercise 33 in the Republic of the Philippines as well as numerous 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit exercises throughout the Indo-Pacific Area of Responsibility.
Promoted to Major in 2017, he reported for duty as Commanding Officer, Combat Logistics Company 13 aboard the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in 29 Palms, California and provided intermediate maintenance and supply support to I MEF forces. From 2018 to 2020, LtCol Lybeck was assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 7. While assigned to CLB 7, LtCol Lybeck served as the Operations Officer, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander of a 170-person Combat Logistics Detachment in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7 during Exercise Northern Edge 2019 in Alaska.
Frocked to LtCol in June 2023, LtCol Lybeck reported to Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade in August 2023. As the Deputy Director of Operations, LtCol Lybeck supervised the planning of MARCENT and NAVCENT exercises within the countries and territorial waters of UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Kuwait. Additionally, he deployed and led a cross-functional team to Israel shortly after the commencement of the Israel-Hamas War. While in Israel, LtCol Lybeck acted as the Joint Task Force Crisis Response Liaison Officer to the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel. Upon his return to the U.S. in April 2024, he assumed his current position as Inspector-Instructor for CLB 23 in May 2024.
From 2011 to 2014, LtCol Lybeck served outside of the Fleet Marine Force at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California as the Maintenance Management Officer, Equipment Allowance Pool Officer-in-Charge, Food Service Officer, and Motor Transport Officer. Additionally, from 2021 to 2023, LtCol Lybeck completed a HQMC tour where he served as the Maritime Prepositioning Force Requirements Officer and the Requirements and Assessments Branch Head in the Maritime Expeditionary Warfare Division at Combat Development and Integration.
LtCol Lybeck's professional military education includes resident Expeditionary Warfare School where he received the Major Walter M. Murphy Memorial Award as the Combat Service Support Honor Student, resident Command and Staff College, and numerous Service and Department of the Navy courses. LtCol Lybeck was awarded a Master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California in 2014 and a Master's degree in Military Studies from Marine Corps University in 2021.