Mary M. Jackson

Mary Marcella Jackson (born 1966) is a retired United States Navy officer.

Career Mary Jackson graduated from high school in Wimberley, Texas and her Navy biography list her as a native. Her father was a US Army Air Corps officer during World War II and also a geologist. Jackson decided to become an oceanographer at an early age and chose to study with the Navy to save on tuition fees. She graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics, but particularly specialised in oceanography. She was awarded a post graduate degree in engineering management from George Washington University.

Jackson has also served as a navigation and seamanship instructor at the Naval Academy and as theater air and missile defense officer with Joint Forces Command. She was flag secretary to the commander of naval surface forces, chief of staff to the commander of the mid-Atlantic region and has held positions with Navy Personnel Command. Jackson has also been executive officer and commander of Naval Station Norfolk. Jackson commanded Navy Region Southeast from July 18, 2014, to February 23, 2017. She relinquished command of Navy Installations in May 2020 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.