Title: Senior Associate of Operations
Company: AIS LLC
Location: Tenafly, New Jersey, United States
LtCol Robert Black, senior associate of operations at AIS LLC, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Military for dedication, achievements, and leadership in the security industry.
With over six decades of experience to his credit, LtCol Black has cultivated a career of excellence in military service and public/private sector security. After serving as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy based at Annapolis from 1959 to 1963 and serving as a boarding team interpreter in the blockade of Cuba, he honorably served with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1963 to 1969, during which time he specialized in various roles, most notably as logistics support unit commander for the Caribbean Ready Force in 1966, when he coordinated Hurricane Inez relief in the Haitian mountains from a soccer pitch outside Jacmel with a team of two plus himself; as the scouts–snipers/intelligence officer at Con Thien in 1967; and as a rifle company commander for the First Battalion, First Marines in the Tet Offensive Battle of Hué and the shutting down of Khe Sanh in 1968.
After leaving military service for an extended period, LtCol Black held a number of leadership roles with various organizations, including the Young Presidents Organization, The Ranger Corporation and SUNY Maritime College. Furthermore, he founded Robert Black Consulting in 1989, where he currently maintains his positions as the owner and president. LtCol Black returned to military service as a Marine Corps officer in the Naval Militia between 2007 and 2015, during which time he achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. He notably served as the operations officer for the multi-jurisdictional Trojan Horse annual major maritime security exercises, which stretched from the Ambrose anchorage up the Hudson River to the Troy Locks.
Although now properly retired from military service, LtCol Black continues to serve in various roles aimed at improving public safety and cybersecurity, as well as maritime, facility and business security. He has primarily excelled as a senior associate in operations at AIS LLC since 2012. Additionally, he has been the secretary and a board member, and has served as the parliamentarian of the Navy League’s New York Council since 2001. As part of his vocational journey, LtCol Black also pursued a formal education, ultimately achieving both a Master of Arts in political science in 1974 and a Master of Philosophy in international relations in 1976 at Columbia University. From these endeavors, he published a number of scholarly monographs, chapters in books and articles in various periodicals.
Well-regarded for his accomplishments in the field, LtCol Black has been honored with several accolades over the course of his career, including the Department of the Navy Award of Merit for Group Achievement and a New York State Meritorious Service Medal in 2009. LtCol Black, the final Hill 881S commander, is particularly humbled by having been decorated with the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action while closing the northern outposts of Khe Sanh. “My Marines and Corpsmen share in my medal. Without them stalwartly doing their part, I would not have accomplished what I did.”
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