•  Phone: (410) 293-6055
•  E-mail: gball@usna.edu
•  Department of Leadership, Ethics, Law Luce Hall (Mail Stop 7-B) 112 Cooper Road Annapolis, MD 21402

A native of Denver, Colorado, Major Ball attended Platoon Leaders Class – Combined in 2011 and commissioned in May 2012 after graduating from The George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. In May 2013, he reported to The Basic School where he was designated as an Infantry Officer upon graduation with Delta Company.

From 2014 to 2017, Major Ball served as a Rifle Platoon Commander and Executive Officer for Company I, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines in Twentynine Palms, California, deploying twice in support of SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Central Command 15.2 and 16.1. He then reported for instructor duty at The Basic School, where he served as the Infantry Platoon Commander, a BOC and WOBC Staff Platoon Commander, and finally as Course Director for the Instructor Education Program. 

In 2020, Major Ball attended the US Army’s Maneuver Captain Career Course at Fort Benning before assuming command of Company G, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines in Camp Pendleton, California. He deployed once more aboard SPMAGTF-CR-CC 21.2 and subsequently was assigned as the Future Operations Officer for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Western Pacific 23.1 deployment.

Major Ball reported to the United States Naval Academy as the LEAD Division Staff Director and Leadership Instructor in June 2023.