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Decker</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_h_decker.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Michael_h_decker.JPG/220px-Michael_h_decker.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Michael_h_decker.JPG/330px-Michael_h_decker.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Michael_h_decker.JPG/440px-Michael_h_decker.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">5th <a href="/wiki/Assistant_to_the_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence_Oversight" title="Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight">Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 2009 – February 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Secretary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_M._Gates" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert M. Gates">Robert M. Gates</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Leon_Panetta" title="Leon Panetta">Leon Panetta</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">William Dugan</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Director of Intelligence, USMC</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 2004 – June 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">MajGen Michael E. Ennis, USMC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">MajGen Richard M. Lake, USMC</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Intelligence_University" title="National Intelligence University">National Intelligence University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">M.S.</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael H. Decker</b> was the <a href="/wiki/Assistant_to_the_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence_Oversight" title="Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight">Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight</a>. from September 2009 to February 2014. Before that he was assistant director of Intelligence, <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Intelligence" title="Marine Corps Intelligence">Marine Corps Intelligence</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FCW_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as Director of Intelligence during Operation Iraqi Freedom II (OIF II) from January 2004 to June 2005. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_H._Decker&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Decker obtained his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Business_Administration" title="Bachelor of Business Administration">Bachelor of Business Administration</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a> and later earned his <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> in government/national security studies from <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a>. He also holds a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">Master of Science</a> degree in Strategic intelligence from the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Intelligence_College" class="mw-redirect" title="National Defense Intelligence College">National Defense Intelligence College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Decker_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_H._Decker&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Decker was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and served as an <a href="/wiki/Platoon_Commander#United_States_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Platoon Commander">infantry platoon commander</a> during operations to the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>. In 1982, he was deployed as an assistant battalion operations officer to <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Multinational_Force_in_Lebanon" title="Multinational Force in Lebanon">Multinational Force in Lebanon</a>. After returning to the United States, Decker served as an infantry company commander and later as assistant operations officer for an expeditionary unit in <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a>. Reassigned to Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Decker served as the Marine Corps Security Force/Marine Security Guard policy and program officer.<sup id="cite_ref-Decker_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Decker next served as an intelligence officer with a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Expeditionary Unit">Marine Expeditionary Unit</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Western Pacific</a> and later as a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Expeditionary_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Expeditionary Force">Marine Expeditionary Force</a> production/analysis officer in an all-source fusion center, where he co-ordinated all intelligence aspects of marine participation in Central Command theater contingency planning and exercises.<sup id="cite_ref-Decker_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Decker was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> as a senior intelligence analyst, supervising enemy order of battle analysis and co-ordinating political analysis and theater intelligence liaison for Marine Forces Central Command during the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>. Decker was medically retired in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-Decker_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-government">Post-government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_H._Decker&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Decker is the Director, Intelligence and Security Programs at Operational Intelligence, LLC, a QinetiQ-US company.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Earlier Decker served as the Director, Marine Forces Programs and a Senior International/Defense Research Analyst, at the <a href="/wiki/RAND_Corporation" title="RAND Corporation">RAND Corporation</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Decker_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a Senior Fellow at the <a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Defense_Analyses" title="Institute for Defense Analyses">Institute for Defense Analyses</a>. </p><p>Decker has served as a <a href="/wiki/Defense_Counterintelligence_and_Security_Agency" title="Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency">Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency</a>-approved Outside Director for SDL Government and as a Director for the <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_and_National_Security_Alliance" title="Intelligence and National Security Alliance">Intelligence and National Security Alliance</a> (INSA). He has also served on the <a href="/wiki/AFCEA" title="AFCEA">AFCEA</a> Intelligence Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_decorations">Awards and decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_H._Decker&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Decker's awards include: </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Intelligence_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/National_Intelligence_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.gif/60px-National_Intelligence_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.gif" decoding="async" width="60" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/National_Intelligence_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.gif/90px-National_Intelligence_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/National_Intelligence_Distinguished_Service_Medal_ribbon.gif 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="30" /></a></span>  <a href="/wiki/National_Intelligence_Distinguished_Service_Medal" title="National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal">National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dir_DIA_Award.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dir_DIA_Award.JPG/60px-Dir_DIA_Award.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dir_DIA_Award.JPG/90px-Dir_DIA_Award.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dir_DIA_Award.JPG/120px-Dir_DIA_Award.JPG 2x" data-file-width="442" data-file-height="125" /></a></span>  <a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_government#Defense_Intelligence_Agency" title="Awards and decorations of the United States government">Defense Intelligence Director's Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Rank_Awards" title="Presidential Rank Awards">Distinguished and Meritorious Presidential Rank Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Defense_Meritorious_Civilian_Service_Award" title="Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award">Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award</a></li></ul> <p>Decker's military decorations include: </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span>  <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span>  <a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Service_Medal_(United_States)" title="Meritorious Service Medal (United States)">Meritorious Service Medal</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span>  <a href="/wiki/Commendation_Medal" title="Commendation Medal">Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_H._Decker&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Decker is married and has two sons.<sup id="cite_ref-Decker_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decker-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Decker is an adjunct associate professor in the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_H._Decker&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Michael H. Decker and William Mackenzie “The Birth and Early Years of Marine Corps Intelligence,” Marine Corps History, Volume 5, Number 2 (Winter 2020) p. 39-53</li> <li>Maj Michael H. Decker, USMC (Ret) and Sgt William Mackenzie, USMC (Ret), “Marine Corps Intelligence, the Interwar Years,” Marine Corps Gazette, Volume 103, Number 9 (September 2019) p. 10</li> <li>Cortney Weinbaum, John V. Parachini, Richard S. Girven, Michael H. Decker, Richard C. Baffa, "Perspectives and Opportunities in Intelligence for U.S. Leaders," RAND Corp, Document Number: PE-287-OSD, 2018</li> <li>George Nacouzi, J.D. Williams, Brian Dolan, Anne Stickells, David Luckey, Colin Ludwig, Jia Xu, Yuliya Shokh, Daniel M. Gerstein, Michael H. Decker, "Assessment of the Proliferation of Certain Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems," RAND Corporation, Document Number: RR-2369-JS, 2018</li> <li>Decker, Michael H; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://media.muckrack.com/portfolio/items/15142241/INTSUMAutumn2014E-ZINEFINAL.pdf">"USMC Intel: 1994-2008"</a>, <i>MCIA Inc INTSUM</i>; autumn 2014; vol. <b>XXVI</b>, issue 1</li> <li>Decker, Michael H; "Assessing the Intelligence Effort", <i>Marine Corps Gazette</i>; vol. <b>75</b>, no. 9 (September 1991), p. 22</li> <li>Decker, Michael H; "The MAGTF and Low-Intensity Conflict", <i>Marine Corps Gazette</i>; vol. <b>72</b>, no. 3 (March 1988), p. 45</li> <li>Decker, Michael H; Batts, Christopher B.; "Marine Corps Counterintelligence Support to the Warfighter, Past, Present and Future", <i>American Intelligence Journal</i>; vol. <b>20</b>, no. 1&2 (winter 2000–2001)</li> <li>Decker, Michael H; "Three MAFs for the Corps", <i>U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings</i>; vol <b>113</b> (November 1987), p. 74</li> <li>Decker, Michael H; Jeffries, James H, III; "Platoon - The Movie and Law of War Training", <i>Marine Corps Gazette</i>; vol. <b>71</b>, no. 4 (April 1987), p. 40</li> <li>Decker, Michael H; "On Women, Combat, and Leadership", <i>Marine Corps Gazett</i>e; vol. <b>75</b>, no. 10 (October 1991), p. 89</li> <li>Decker, Mike; "The Long Run", <i>Scholastic</i>, Notre Dame, Indiana, vol. <b>121</b>, no. 7 (March 21, 1980) p 26 <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0121/VOL_0121_ISSUE_0007.pdf">http://www.archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0121/VOL_0121_ISSUE_0007.pdf</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_H._Decker&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FCW-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FCW_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fcw.com/articles/1998/03/22/marine-corps-decker-relies-on-it-to-complete-missions.aspx/">"Federal Computer Week"</a>. fcw.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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