Marsetio was a former Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy from 2012 to 2015, the best graduate of the AAL in 1981 also graduated from the Doctoral Degree at Gajah Mada University, Yogyakarta. Currently, he is still actively serving as a special advisor to the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment in the Maritime Defense and Security Sector as well as a professor of maritime defense science at the Indonesian Defense University.