Sergeant Major Booker was born at the Navy Submarine Base Groton, Conn. He enlisted in Fort Wayne Indiana on 18 Jan 1983. He graduated from Recruit Training in San Diego and Infantry Training School as a basic infantryman (0311).
He served with the 3rd Marine Division from August 1983 to August 1985 as Team leader and Squad Leader with the Sensor Control and Management Platoon.
Sergeant Booker reported to 1st Battalion, 4th Marines in 29 Palms and served as a Radar Team Leader and Scout Sniper from September 1985 to October 1986. He reported to MCRD San Diego and was as a Junior and Senior Drill Instructor from January 1987 to January 1989.
Staff Sergeant Booker reported to the First Force Reconnaissance Company and served as Platoon Sergeant from February 1989 to May 1993. He made two deployments to the Persian Gulf with I Marine Expeditionary Force, and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in support of Operations Desert Storm, Desert Shield, Desert Stay, and Land Pakistani Forces in Somalia.
Staff Sergeant Booker served from May 1993 to February 1996 with I MEF Special Operations and Training Group in several billets including Staff Non Commissioned Officer in Charge (SNCOIC) of the Urban Reconnaissance & Surveillance, Urban Sniper Course, and Special Missions Branch.
Gunnery Sergeant Booker reported to the 1st Marine Division in February 1996 and served as the SNCOIC of the 1st Marine Division Scout Sniper Course until April 1998. He remained in the Division as the First Sergeant of India Company 3rd Bn 1st Marines deploying to the Persian Gulf and North Africa with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in support of Operation Southern Watch and the US Embassy bombing in Kenya. From May 1999 until July 2002 he was the First Sergeant of Inspector-Instructor Staff Ordnance Maintenance Company Waco, Texas.
Returning to the 1st Marine Division in July 2002, First Sergeant Booker deployed with 5th Marine Regiment to Iraq and was promoted there on 1 May 2003. He remained in the Division as the Sergeant Major of 2nd Bn 4th Marines from June 2003 to October 2004, deploying to Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He was the Sergeant Major of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion from December 2004 until September of 2005. In October 2005 until February 2008, Sergeant Major Booker served as the Sergeant Major of the Marine Artillery Detachment in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
He reported to the 2nd Marine Division in March of 2008 as the Sergeant Major of 6th Marine Regiment. Regimental Combat Team 6 deployed to AO East in Iraq from January until October of 2009. In May of 2010 Sergeant Major Booker reported to New Orleans as the Sergeant Major of the 4th Marine Logistics Group. He was later selected as the Sergeant Major of Marine Forces Reserve/Marine Forces North and assumed this billet on Sep 9, 2011.
Sergeant Major Booker’s personal awards include the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with Combat V, Combat Action ribbon (second award).