Association of Marine Corps Logisticians
Kirk Spangenberg
President
Kirk is one of the original co-founders of the Association of Marine Corps Logisticians. He retired from the Marine Corps as a Colonel in September 2025. In his capstone job on Active Duty, Kirk served as the commander of Marine Depot Maintenance Command, overseeing the Marine Corps Organic Industrial Base depots with production plants in Albany, GA, and Barstow, CA, as well as embedded presence in the Fleet Marine Force globally. His 28.5-year career has seen logistics at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. Throughout his career, he served in a variety of leadership and staff positions from the platoon level to Headquarters Marine Corps, in addition to Joint experience with United States Transportation Command and an academic tour as a Secretary of Defense Executive Fellow at Morgan Stanley in New York City. He deployed twice with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (1999-2001), twice to Iraq with 3rd Battalion 6th Marines (2005 and 2007), and once to Afghanistan with Combat Logistics Regiment 2 (2013). From 2014 to 2016, Kirk served as the Commanding Officer of Logistics Operations School in Camp Johnson, NC. He has a Master of Science in Business Administration from Webster University, a Master of Military Studies from Marine Corps University, a Certificate of Supply Chain Management from Penn State University, and a Certificate of Digital Business Leadership from Columbia Business School.
Dr. Joshua Gregory
Vice President of Operations
Dr. Gregory currently serves as a Senior Data Analyst working with Marine Corps Logistics Command in the Command Data and Analytics Office. He retired from the Marine Corps after 20 years. During his career he served in all three Marine Expeditionary Forces in varying capacities to include using units, the Supply Management Unit, battalion and regiment executive officer, and major subordinate command staff. He deployed twice, once to Iraq with the Army Corps of Engineers and once to Afghanistan as an advisor to the Afghanistan Army in Helmand Province. From 2020 to 2022, Dr. Gregory served as the Commanding Officer Combat Logistics Battalion 3 (now 3d Littoral Logistics Battalion). He has a Master of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Global Business Management from American Military University, a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Logistics from Naval Postgraduate School, and a Doctor of Business Administration from California Southern University.
Rob Cranston
Comptroller and Chair of Advisory Board
After a successful career as a Marine Corps Logistics Officer Rob continued his support to the military logistics community from the corporate sector. In 2008 he founded CANA LLC and currently serves as President. Rob holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Colorado and a Master of Finance from The John Hopkins University.