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and Assistance Center at the Naval Air Station in Iceland; as an officer-in-charge, Navy Personnel Support, U.S. Forces Philippines, Republic of the Philippines; branch head, Deserter Branch and Desert- er Apprehension Program in Washington, D.C.; and as Chief, Requirements Branch and Joint Manpower Planner, Manpower and Personnel Directorate Joint Staff. She has also served as Executive Assistant and Naval Aide to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserves Affairs at the Pentagon, and prior to her current assignment she was a strategic studies group fellow, Chief of Naval Op- erations Strategic Studies Group, Naval War College. Her commanding officer assignments include the Boston Military Entrance Processing Station, the Navy Recruiting District in San Francisco, and the Recruit Training Command, where she led training efforts of over 100,000 sailors and had a major role in the com- missioning of the Navy’s immersive simulator trainer, the USS Trayer, also known as Battle Stations 21. RDML Andrews graduated from Savannah State University in1983 with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. She also holds a Master’s degree in Management from Troy State University, a Master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the College of Naval Command and Staff, Naval War College, and is also a graduate of the Joint Forces Staff College and a designated Joint Qualified Officer.


REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES KENNETH CARODINE Deputy Commander,


Navy Warfare Development Command Rear Admiral


Charles Ken- neth Carodine is a 1982 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He affiliated with the Navy Reserve (NR) in 1989 and mobilized in 1990


with NR Carrier Group 770. During combat operations, he served as the Force Over-the-Horizon Track Coordinator for both operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in USS Ranger in the Arabian Gulf. His command tours include NR Sea lift Logistics; Military Sea lift Com- mand Expeditionary Port Unit 113; and Mine Warfare Command. In 1994, Rear


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Admiral Carodine earned a Master of Science degree in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Dallas. In his civilian occupation, Carodine serves as a Director of Enterprise Informa- tion Requirements and Data Analysis for Health Care Service Corporation, a Chicago-based consortium of Blue Cross Companies serving Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. He is also a published fiction author. Working under the pen name of Ken Carodine, he writes novels centered on naval personnel and technology in today’s world.


REAR ADMIRAL JAMES W. CRAWFORD III Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps


Rear Ad-


miral James W. Crawford III was appointed to his current rank in De- cember 2010. At this time, he was also nominated for appointment as legal counsel to


the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.. In July 2011, Rear Admiral Crawford was assigned as Commander, Rule of Law Field Force-Afghanistan. The Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps provides solutions, from a military perspective, to legal issues involving military operations, organization, and personnel, wherever and whenever such solutions are re- quired, with primary focus on operations, accountability, sailor legal readiness, and Navy legal readiness,


REAR ADMIRAL KELVIN N. DIXON Director, Coalition Naval Advisory and Training Team, Iraq


Rear Admi-


ral Kelvin Dixon graduated from Prairie View A&M University with a Bachelor of Sci- ence in Mechani- cal Engineering in 1981 and was


commissioned through the ROTC. His tours as surface war officer include the USS Preble and the USS LaSalle. In 1991, he participated in Desert Shield and Desert Storm as Operations Of-


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ficer for the United Nations Mission in Kuwait and was mobilized in support of Iraqi Freedom in 2003. As a civilian in 2006, he was Corporate Vice President of risk responsibility for Matheson Tri Gas where he had oversight for the safety and health of 3,000 employees. Between October 2008 and October 2009, he was mobilized again as Chief of Biometrics in Iraq. After leaving active duty, he went on to serve as Director of Safety, Health, and Risk Management at General Chemi- cal Corporation. Rear Admiral Dixon took up his current post as the Director of the Coalition Naval Advisory and Train- ing Team, Iraq in the fall of 2010. He has held eight command tours including Commanding Officer of Naval Beach Group 2. He earned a Master’s degree in management from the College of Saint Elizabeth and a Master’s of Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University.


REAR ADMIRAL EARL L. GAY Commander, Navy Recruiting Command


Rear Admiral


Earl L. Gay is a 1980 graduate of the Naval Acade- my. He completed flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola in 1981. Rear Admiral Gay assumed his cur-


rent assignment in 2009. Prior, he served as deputy chairman of the Armed Forces Inauguration Committee from July 2008 until March 2009. He has also served as 86th Commandant of Naval District Washington, and deputy commander, Joint Force Headquarters, National Capi- tal Region. In March 2011, Chief of Na- val Operations Admiral Gary Roughead announced that Rear Admiral Gay will be assigned as the Commander of Navy Recruiting Command. He recently served as the Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Three and Commander, Amphibi- ous Group Three, San Diego, California. Gay assumed his current assignment as commander, Navy Recruiting Command in August 2011.


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