Executive Vice President

Colonel Grady A. Belyeu

United States Marine Corps (Ret)

A native of Gary, Indiana, Colonel Belyeu enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1985, serving as an Engineer with 6th Engineer Support Battalion and a Basic Artilleryman with Oscar and Fox Batteries of 14th Marine Regiment. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 1991, with a degree in Finance, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps and became a Financial Management Officer.

He has served in various Comptroller billets during assignments in the Operating Forces, including Marine Forces Pacific, Marine Forces Central Command, Marine Forces Reserve/North, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, and 3rd Marine Corps Aircraft Wing. He has also served in the Supporting Establishment at Headquarters Marine Corps; Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island; Officer Candidates School; and the 8th Marine Corps Recruiting District. His command assignments were Series Commander with 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, as a Platoon Commander at Officer Candidates School and as Commanding Officer, Brigade Headquarters Group – Afghanistan.

Colonel Belyeu deployed with I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward to Al Anbar Province, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and to Helmand Province, Afghanistan with Marine Expeditionary Brigade – Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Colonel Belyeu also served in a joint billet as the Director of Financial Management Operations, U.S. Central Command. Colonel Belyeu retired from the Marine Corps in 2021.

His personal decorations include Legion of Merit with Gold Star, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Gold Star and Volunteer Service Medal.

Colonel Belyeu is an NNOA Life Member and has been a member since 1992. He has held various leadership positions at the chapter level: Parris Island VP; New Orleans (Bayou) VP; Hawaii (Aloha) Membership Director and President; Camp Pendleton/Miramar President and over a decade serving on the National Board as the National Treasurer. He assumed his current duties as Executive Vice President in 2022.