Lieutenant Commander Marti comes to the USS BREWTON after completing the course of instruction at the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia. Previous to that he was commissioning Executive Officer of USS STEIN (DE-1065), a San Diego homeported ocean escort of the same type as BREWTON.

Lieutenant Commander Marti is a native of Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Lane Technical High School in the city in 1956. He was commissioned in the U.S. Navy upon graduation from the Naval Academy with the class of 1960. Other sea tours have included USS ORISKANY (CVA-34), JOSEPH STRAUSS (DDG-160), as commissioning ASW Officer and later Operations Officer, and on the staff of COMCRUDESFLOT NINE. He was assigned as administrative assistant and personal aide to the Director of Navy Programming and Planning in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations from 1968 through 1970. He then attended the Navy's Financial Management post-graduate course at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., earning an MBA in 1971. These later two assignments resulted in his being designated a sub-specialist in Navy Financial Management.

Decorations awarded Lieutenant Commander Marti include the Navy Commendation Medal with combat "V", the Navy Achievement Medal and the Vietnamese Naval Legion of Honor, second class.

Lieutenant Commander Marti is married to the former Carole Leu Keller of San Diego, California, and they have three sons: Dennis, 12; David, 10; and Brian, 7. This will be the Marti's first service tour in Hawaii.

Upon his departure from BREWTON, LDCR Marti reported to the Bureau of Naval Personnel, where he will work in his sub-specialty of Financial Management.