Anthony E. Van Dyke is a United States Marine Corps colonel and current commander of Marine forces at Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia.

He has previously served at the United States Navy's European headquarters in London, England and in USMC bases across America.

Returning in 1992, Van Dyke attended Naval Command and Staff College in Newport, Rhode Island, and majored in National Security and Strategic Studies.

Joining Joint Task Force Six at El Paso, Texas in 1993, Van Dyke was involved in counter-drug operations stretching from Texas to the U.S. Virgin Islands.

After a two-year period as commander of the Marine installation at New River, North Carolina and a short time at Marine Aircraft Group 29 Operations, Van Dyke attended the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, in Montgomery, Alabama.