Dr. Jurgen R. Soekhoe was sworn in as the acting United States Marshal (USM) for the District of Columbia on March 3rd, 2026. Prior to his designation as the acting USM, Dr. Soekhoe was the Assistant Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of California. Prior to that, he was a Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal at the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, the Congressional Fellow with the Office of Congressional Affairs, and a Deputy U.S. Marshal in the District of Columbia. Throughout his USMS career, Dr. Soekhoe held assignments with the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, the FBI Child Exploitation & Human Trafficking Task Force, as Criminal Investigations Liaison to the United States Attorney’s Office, and Sex Offender Investigations Coordinator, working the district’s first missing child cases. Dr. Soekhoe was assigned as Deputy-in-Charge (DIC) to several high threat trials to include a drug cartel leader and Benghazi attack mastermind.
Dr. Soekhoe also serves as a Soldier with the District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG). He began his military career in 2009 as a Military Police Soldier with the New York National Guard where he deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. After transferring to the DCNG in 2016, Dr. Soekhoe became a Special Agent with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division and deployed once again, conducting complex criminal investigations overseas in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and Operation Inherent Resolve. He then participated in the DC and Portland riot response in the summer of 2020, followed by becoming a member on the protection detail for the Secretary of Defense. Dr. Soekhoe is currently the Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge (NCOIC) of the Joint Operations Support Division assigned to the White House Military Office.
Dr. Soekhoe earned a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Homeland Security from Excelsior College, a Master’s in Legal Studies from American Military University, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy: National Security Policy from Liberty University.