Mary Marcella Jackson[1] (born 1966)[2] is a retired United States Navy officer.

Mary Jackson graduated from high school in Wimberley, Texas and her Navy biography list her as a native.

Jackson decided to become an oceanographer at an early age and chose to study with the Navy to save on tuition fees.

She was awarded a post graduate degree in engineering management from George Washington University.

[3] Jackson has also served as a navigation and seamanship instructor at the Naval Academy and as theater air and missile defense officer with Joint Forces Command.