Captain Marshall R. Monteville was born in Groton, Connecticut, and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 1994 he received a direct commission into the Navy’s Medical Service Corps. Prior to his commission, he worked as a research and development chemist for Hewlett-Packard.
As a microbiologist, he was initially stationed at the National Naval Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as assistant branch head in the laboratory medicine department. His follow-on tour was with the Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit No. 6, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as Department Head of Microbiology. While there, he deployed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as officer in charge of the unit’s forward deployable laboratory in support of Operation Southern Watch. At the end of his tour, he applied for and was granted full-time, out of service training to conduct his doctoral studies in microbiology under Navy Medicine’s Duty Under Instruction (DUINS) Program.
After receiving his graduate degree he was assigned to U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 (NAMRU-3) Cairo, Egypt. During his tenure he directly supported Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and served as Deputy Program Head of Enterics, Program Head of Enterics, and interim executive officer. He concluded his tour as Program Head of Virology, charged with conducting various infectious disease surveillance activities, building regional laboratory capacity, and providing outbreak response capabilities to combat avian influenza across Central Asian Republics, Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Eastern Europe.
Under his leadership, the World Health Organization granted NAMRU-3’s virology program, H5 Reference Laboratory status, making them the first so designated within the Department of Defense (DoD) and third among all U.S. run laboratories. He was then assigned to the preventive medicine division at the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center Portsmouth, Virginia, during his tenure he provided program oversight for the center’s Forward Deployed Preventive Medicine Unit.
Monteville then returned to Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit No. 6, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as its officer in charge from 2009 to 2012. In 2012 he reported to Naval Medical Research Center–Asia (Naval Medical Research Unit-2) as executive officer, and in November 2015 fleeted up to commanding officer.
In August 2017, he assumed command of Naval Health Research Center, San Diego the Department of Defense’s premier deployment health research center. After his successful tour he assumed command of U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 in July 2019 at the newly established administrative headquarters in Sigonella, Italy, to oversee research detachments in Accra, Ghana, and Cairo, Egypt, to support infectious disease surveillance and research in Africa, Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Whitworth College in 1991. In 1994, he was awarded his Master of Science degree in Microbiology from Oregon State University. He subsequently completed his doctor of philosophy degree in Microbiology at Washington State University in 2003. Monteville also completed a master of business administration degree from Liberty University in 2005.
Monteville’s personal awards include the Legion of Merit (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards), Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal and various other medals, ribbons, and commendations.