ment, Rear Admiral Scott previously commanded Helicopter Mine Counter Measures Squadron (HM) 14, which un- der his command was awarded the Commander Naval Air Force Atlantic Fleet Battle “E” Efficiency Award for 2001. He also commanded Mine Countermeasures Squadron One as
Commodore. His operational sea, flight deck officer aboard USS Inchon; and HM-14 Admin Afficer, Operations Of- ficer and Detachment Officer in charge. Ashore, he served as Air Combat place- ment officer, Bureau of Naval Personnel; Wing Operations Officer; Commander of the Tactical Wing Atlantic; Military Aide to the Vice President (1997-1999); Operations Chief and Division Chief, Joint Forces Command; and Acting Di- rector, Expeditionary Warfare Division, Washington DC. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, the Naval Postgraduate School, U.S. Naval War College, and the Joint Forces Staff College. He holds a Masters of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.
REAR ADMIRAL DWIGHT D. SHEPHERD
Senior Military Assistant, Office of the Secretary of the Navy
Navy Captain Dwight D. Shepherd was nominated for appointment to the rank of Rear Admiral (lower half) in May 2011. Rear Adm. (Select) Shepherd is currently serving as Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1983, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, and was commis- sioned an ensign in June 1984. In July 1985, he earned his Naval Flight Officer wings. He also earned his Master’s degree
in National Resource Strategy in 2006 from the Industrial College of Armed Forces. His command tours include Fleet Air Reconnaissance 3, the Navy’s larg- est aviation squadron, and the Strategic Communications Wing 1 and Task Force
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124. He was the first black officer to command a TACAMO squadron and air wing. His shore tours include the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Naval Training Sup- port Unit, U.S. Strategic Command, and Officer of the Chief of Naval Operations. He is currently assigned to the Office of the Secretary of the Navy as the Senior Military Assistant.
REAR ADMIRAL JOHN W. SMITH, JR. Deputy Director, Joint Inter agency Task Force South
Rear Admiral John W. Smith, Jr. entered the Navy in 1982 and was des- ignated a Naval Aviator in 1984. Smith’s operational assignments include flying the SH-3H Sea King with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 3. Next, he was assigned to the Helicopter Anti- Submarine Squadron aboard USS Ford. Deployments with Helicopter Anti-Sub- marine Squadron 4 aboard USS Kitty Hawk followed. He later com- manded Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 11. His most recent opera- tional assignment was as Command- er, Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Ashore, he served as the Deputy Director of Equal Opportunity in Washington, DC, and Head Aviation Commander Helicopter Detailer, Bureau of Naval Personnel. In 2005, he was selected to be Joint Force Maritime Air Component Commander for Joint Task Force Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2008, he assumed command of Joint CREW Composite Squadron 1 in Iraq. There, he was responsible for combat readiness of Counter Radio Controlled IED Electronic Warfare systems. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from South Carolina State College and a Master’s degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
U.S. MARINE CORPS
MAJOR GENERAL RONALD L. BAILEY Commanding General, First Marine Division
Major General Ronald Bailey is an
infantry officer. In June 2011, he received the colors of the Ist Marine Division during a change of com- mand ceremony, assuming the com- mand of the more than 22,000-troop
force of the First Marine Division. He is the first black officer to lead the Marine Corps’ oldest and most decorated combat unit.
Over his thirty-year-plus career, he has served as a company commander, chief of professional military education, a plans officer at the J-5, Headquarters U.S. European Command, and a ground lieu- tenant colonel’s monitor. After graduat- ing from Austin Peay State University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology he was commissioned a Sec- ond Lieutenant in the Marine Corps that July and went on to serve as an infantry officer. He earned a master’s in business management and administration from Webster University and attended National War College where he earned his second master’s degree in national security strategy.
BRIGADIER GENERAL CRAIG C. CRENSHAW Commanding General, 3rd Marine Logistics Group
III Marine Expeditionary Force Brigadier General Craig C.
Crenshaw was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1984 through the NROTC Scholarship Program. He began his career as a logistics officer with 3rd Force Service Support Group, Okinawa, Japan. He also served as platoon commander, maintenance management officer and
assistant logistics officer. In 1986, he was reassigned to Marine Corps Recruit Depot
where he served as series commander and battalion operations officer. In 1989, he was assigned to 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California where he served as assistant logistics officer and then as maintenance
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