LtCol Samuel Sung, USMCR
Innovation OfficerLogistics Innovation Unit, 4th Marine Logistics GroupLieutenant Colonel Samuel Sung is a logistics and innovation officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve with over two decades of enlisted and commissioned service spanning operational logistics, warfighting concept development, and technology transformation. He currently serves as Innovation Officer with the Logistics Innovation Unit (LIU), 4th Marine Logistics Group (MLG), in New Orleans, Louisiana.
LtCol Sung began his military career at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in June 2003. Following recruit training, Pvt Sung served as a food service specialist with H&S Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, before attending Officer Candidate School. He commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 2007 and attended The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia, followed by the Logistics Officer Course.
1stLt Sung served as the S-4A with H&S Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division in Brookpark, Ohio, from May 2009 to June 2011, including a combat deployment to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from September 2009 to March 2010. Following demobilization, Capt Sung transitioned into the IRR while pursuing his Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
After graduation, Capt Sung rejoined the reserves as the S-4A with Deployment Processing Command / Reserve Support Unit-West (DPC/RSU-West) in Camp Talega from January 2014 to May 2017, supporting mobilization and deployment processing operations across the Marine Corps Reserve. From December 2017 to January 2021, Maj Sung served as operations officer with the AI Branch of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL), contributing to artificial intelligence concept development. He joined LIU, 4th MLG in September 2021, where he currently serves as an Innovation Officer.
After graduation, Capt Sung rejoined the reserves as the S-4A with Deployment Processing Command / Reserve Support Unit-West (DPC/RSU-West) in Camp Talega from January 2014 to May 2017, supporting mobilization and deployment processing operations across the Marine Corps Reserve. From December 2017 to January 2021, Maj Sung served as operations officer with the AI Branch of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL), contributing to artificial intelligence concept development. He joined LIU, 4th MLG in September 2021, where he currently serves as an Innovation Officer.
LtCol Sung graduated from the University of California, San Diego in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and earned an MBA with concentrations in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2013. He is a graduate of the Marine Corps University Command and Staff Non-Resident Program.
PULSE Check: An AI-Enabled Commander’s Survey Tool
Accelerating Command Insights with AI: 4th MLG’s "PULSE Check" prototype tool is being developed to deliver near-instantaneous command climate analysi…Accelerating Command Insights with AI: 4th MLG’s "PULSE Check" prototype tool is being developed to deliver near-instantaneous command climate analysis, transforming a weeks-long process into a real-time feedback loop. It will leverage a secure AI pl…Accelerating Command Insights with AI: 4th MLG’s "PULSE Check" prototype tool is being developed to deliver near-instantaneous command climate analysis, transforming a weeks-long process into a real-time feedback loop. It will leverage a secure AI platform to shorten the leadership OODA loop, allowing commanders to rapidly identify and address readiness issues. Harnessing Reserve Talent for Innovation: The prototype was created by a Reserve offic…Accelerating Command Insights with AI: 4th MLG’s "PULSE Check" prototype tool is being developed to deliver near-instantaneous command climate analysis, transforming a weeks-long process into a real-time feedback loop. It will leverage a secure AI platform to shorten the leadership OODA loop, allowing commanders to rapidly identify and address readiness issues. Harnessing Reserve Talent for Innovation: The prototype was created by a Reserve officer with civilian AI expertise, showcasing the untapped technical talent within MARFORRES. This initiative serves as a powerful model for leveraging the private-sector skills of Reserve Marines to drive service-level modernization. Following a December 2025 collaboration with Google and Microsoft, 4th MLG and MARFORRES IMKM planners developed a two-tiered plan that begins with creating a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) using existing Microsoft capabilities and culminates in a fully AI-enabled version on the secure Azure Government platform. Boosting Participation for Reliable Data: By enabling secure, anonymous feedback via personal mobile devices, PULSE Check overcomes access barriers and dramatically increases participation rates. This provides commanders with a more accurate and reliable data set for decision-making, based on a truly representative sample of their unit. Once the AI-powered Azure platform is launched, any Marine leader could use it to get high quality, real-time feedback from the ranks in a generationally relevant way, and with that, they could identify and address readiness degraders quicker.Show MoreClick the title to see all detailsShow More
