LtGen Sklenka is from Marietta, Georgia and was commissioned in 1988 after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science Degree in History.
His service in the Operating Forces includes: HqCo, 6th Marines (Mar 1989 -Mar 1990); S-4, Marine Detachment UNITAS (Mar - Nov 1990); S-4A and S-4, 6th Marines (Nov 1990-May 1992); S-4, Company XO, Detachment S-3 and Commander, and Co Cdr, 1st Landing Support Bn (Jul 1992-Jun 1995); S-4, 7th Marines (Aug 1998 - Jun 2001); XO, Combat Service Support Group-15 (Jun 2004 - Mar 2005); Commanding Officer, MSSG-11/Combat Logistics Battalion-11, 11th MEU(SOC); AC/S G-3, 1st Force Service Support Group (Fwd) (Feb-Dec 2010); Chief of Staff, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Fwd), Commanding Officer, Combat Logistics Regiment-15, and the Logistics Combat Element, ISAF MAGTF (Dec 2010-May 2013); Commanding General, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Jul 2017-Jul 2019).
His service outside of the Operating Forces includes: Instructor Group and as Commanding Officer of Training Support Company, The Basic School (Jun 1996-Aug 1998); Current Ops Branch and Prepositioning Head, Expeditionary Policies Branch, Plans, Policies, and Operations, Headquarters Marine Corps (Jul 2002-Jun 2004); Materiel Division Head and Deputy J4, US Special Operations Command (Jun 2007-Jan 2010); Principal Director for South and Southeast Asia in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (Sep 2015–Jun 2017); J5, Director for Strategic Planning and Policy, United States Indo-Pacific Command (Aug 2019–Aug 2021); and Deputy Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command (Aug 2021 – Aug 2024).
His deployments include Operation JUST CAUSE, Panama; Marine Detachment UNITAS, South America; Operations DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait; Operation RESTORE HOPE, Somalia; Operation VIGILANT WARRIOR, Kuwait; Operation IRAQI FREEDOM II, Iraq; 11th MEU(SOC), Pacific and Central Commands; Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-10 and ENDURING FREEDOM-12, Afghanistan.
LtGen Sklenka is a graduate of Ground Supply Officers Course, Logistics Officers Course, Amphibious Warfare School, Naval Command and Staff College, and Air War College (Non-resident). He holds a Masters Degree in National Security and Strategic Students from the Naval War College and a Masters Degree in Unconventional Warfare from American Military University. He was a CMC Fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C and also completed the Timothy T. Day Foundation Marine Corps Executive Fellowship at the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. LtGen Sklenka was awarded and named the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue 2024 Scholar and Honouree.
LtGen Sklenka assumed the duties as Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics on 3 Sep 2024.