Tom Marty was elected State Commander of The American Legion Department of Texas on July 14, 2024, in Austin, TX at the 105th State Convention. His theme as State Commander is, “Growth Through Service”.

A member of Earl Graham Post 159 in Bryan, Texas, Tom served in the United States Air Force from 1981-1987 with Security Police assignments at Lindsey Air Station in Wiesbaden Germany and as a Security Police Investigator at Scott AFB, Illinois.

He is also a member of The American Legion Auxiliary through the eligibility of his wife’s United States Air Force service.

Upon completion of his U.S. Air Force enlistment, Marty continued his policing career for 16 years at the Santa Ana, California Police Department and another 10 years at the Orange County District Attorney’s Office as an Investigator.

Tom has been married to Legionnaire Susan Marty for 37 years and they have two adult (and self-supporting) daughters – Ashley, who lives in Austin and Patricia, who is a Detective with the College Station Police Department.  At any given time, they have 6-7 dogs between the three households- one of which is a stray lab that they adopted and named “Legion”.

Upon retirement, Tom accompanied Susan and the other half of his pension to Texas, where Susan was raised and still has family. When not busy with American Legion activities, Tom volunteers at the Bush Presidential Library and Museum.  Marty also served on the Brazos County Veterans Service Officer Search Committee, the Veterans Court/Mental Health Court Committee, the City of College Station Parks Board and is on the Admin Team at Wellborn Baptist Church.