Major Mark V. Ross has graduated from U. S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth Kan.where he made the Commandant’s List. While in residence, he also completed a Masters Degree in Management and Leadership at Webster University, maintaining a 4.0 throughout. Major Ross is a 1995 graduate of Niceville High School and has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the son of Mark and Vickie Ross of Niceville, Fla. and the grandson of the late Tollie P. and Lona Mae Burrell Ross of Tryon.
He is married to the former Jill Pedretti of Verona, Wis. They have 2 children, Kristin Ann, age 5 and James Craig, 22 months.

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