Colonel Gregory Pace is a native of Tuskegee, Alabama, and is a graduate of Troy University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. He enlisted in the United States Army Reserves in November 1989, where he served as a Combat Signaler with the 6th Battalion, 159th Aviation Brigade and the 282nd Quartermaster Company. Colonel Pace was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps in April 1998.
After completing The Basic School, 2nd Lt. Pace was assigned to Combat Service Support Group-3, where he served as the Assistant Group Supply Officer. In December 2000, 1st Lt. Pace was reassigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, as the Battalion Supply Officer and deployed to Okinawa, Japan, supporting the Unit Deployment Program (UDP). Upon redeployment, he was assigned to 3rd Marine Regiment, from 2001-2003, where he served as the Regimental Supply Officer and Commanding Officer, Headquarters Company, 3rd Marine Regiment. In 2003, Capt. Pace was reassigned as Logistics Officer, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, where he served as the Battalion Landing Team S-4 in support of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Upon returning from deployment with the 31st MEU, he was reassigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, where he went on to serve as the Regimental Motor Transportation and Maintenance Management Officer.
In June of 2004, Capt. Pace reported to 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where he served as the Commanding Officer for Headquarters Company and the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Distribution Center (MDC) Company, and the Assistant Battalion Operations Officer from 2004-2007. During this assignment, Capt. Pace deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, with Combat Logistics Regiment-25 (Fwd), from 2006-2007 serving as the MDC, Officer-in-Charge and with II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd) from 2007-2008 where he served as the Sustainment Officer for Iraqi Security Force Logistics. While in Iraq, Capt. Pace was selected to attend the Combined Logistics Captains Career Course (CLCCC) in Fort Lee, Virginia.
Following completion of CLCCC, Capt. Pace was assigned to Headquarters and Service Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps from June 2008 to June 2011, where he served as the Battalion Operations Officer and Installations and Logistics, Policies, and Capabilities as an Action Officer from 2009- 2011.
From 2011-2013, Maj. Pace served with 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, as the Assistant Division Supply Officer, Officer-in-Charge Supply Management Analyst Team, and the Division Supply Officer. During this assignment, Maj. Pace was selected for the Commandant's National Fellowship Program and served as a Marine Corps Fellow to the United States Chamber of Commerce. Upon completing his year-long fellowship, he was assigned as the Battalion Executive Officer of Headquarters and Service Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps.
In June 2015, LtCol. Pace assumed command of 1st Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15 in Camp Pendleton, California. Upon completion of this assignment, LtCol. Pace attended the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Defense and Resource Strategy, after which he was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-4 Logistics Directorate, as the Strategic Policy Branch Chief and as the Joint Logistics Operations Center Battle Captain in the National Military Command Center. He was later assigned as the G4 with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Following this assignment, Col. Pace assumed command of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California. In July 2024, Col. Pace assumed the duties of deputy commander for Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
His personal awards include a Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (with four gold stars in lieu of fifth award), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with two gold stars in lieu of third award), Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and Sea Service Deployment Medal (with four bronze stars in lieu of fifth award).