REAR ADM. ANNIE B. ANDREWS Director, Total Force Requirements Division
Rear Adm. Annie Andrews was assigned to her current position in 2011. As human resources officer, her assignments have been in manpower, training and educa- tion. Upon commission- ing through Naval ROTC
at Savannah State University, she was assigned to the Training Air Wing Five, and Helicopter Training Squadron Eight. Her next assignment was as intelligence analyst. Other staff assignments include: director, Counseling and Assistance Cen- ter, Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland; officer-in-charge, Navy Personnel Sup- port Activity Detachments, U.S. Forces Philippines, Republic of the Philippines. She also served as executive assistant and naval aide to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserves Affairs at the Pentagon. She was com- manding officer of three commands: Boston Military Entrance Processing Station, Boston; Navy Recruiting District San Francisco; and, Recruit Training Command (RTC). During her tour at RTC, she led the training efforts of more than 100,000 sailors for duty in the fleet, and was instrumental in the commission- ing of the Navy's immersive simulator trainer, the USS Trayer, also known as Battle Stations 21. Andrews, a native of Midway, Ga., received a bachelor of sci- ence degree in criminal justice from Sa- vannah State University and a master of science degree in management from Troy State University. Her military education includes a master's degree in national security and strategic studies from the College of Naval Command and Staff, Naval War College. She also graduated from the Joint Forces Staff College and is designated a joint qualified officer.
REAR ADM. CHARLES CARODINE Director, Navy Business Operations Office
Rear Adm. Charles Carodine assumed duties as the director, Navy Business Operations Office in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations in July 2012. Carodine just ended a two-year assignment as deputy commander, Navy Warfare Development Command head- quartered in Norfolk, Va. In this capacity,
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he developed a comprehensive overhaul of the Navy Lessons Learned System and implemented a project management methodology to improve command effectiveness. Carodine is a 1982 gradu- ate of the U.S. Naval Academy and earned a master of science in
information systems degree from Uni- versity of Texas at Dallas. He affiliated with the Navy Reserve (NR) in 1989 and mobilized in 1990 with NR Carrier Group 770 to support Carrier Group Seven/Battle Force Zulu. During combat operations, he served as Force Over- the-Horizon Track coordinator during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in USS Ranger. His command tours include: NR Sealift Logistics Command, Atlantic; Military Sealift Command Expeditionary Port Units 112 & 113; NR USS Princeton (CG 59); NR Mine Warfare Command Detachment 109; and NR USS Sentry (MCM 3). Prior to his selection to flag rank, Carodine served an information technology executive for several large health care insurance companies. Carodine is also a published fiction author. Working under the pen name of Ken Carodine, he writes novels centered on naval personnel and technol- ogy in today's world.
REAR ADM. JAMES CRAWFORD III Deputy Judge Advocate General
Commander, Naval Legal Service Command Judge Advocate General's Corps
Rear Adm. James Crawford serves as deputy judge advocate general of the Navy and as deputy defense
department representa- tive for ocean policy affairs. He is also commander, Naval Legal Service Command and leads
attorneys, enlisted legal men and civilian employees of 17 commands, providing prosecution and defense services, legal services to individuals and legal support
to commands around the world. Craw- ford graduated from Belmont Abbey College in 1979. He was commissioned through the JAG Corps Student Program, and, in 1983, graduated from Univer- sity of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill. He later earned a master of laws degree (ocean and coastal law) from the University of Miami School of Law and a master's in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College. Crawford served from 2007 to 2011 as legal counsel to the chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. From 2011 to 2012, he served as the commander, NATO Rule of Law Field Support Mission/Rule of Law Field Force-Afghanistan. Before his appointment to flag rank, he served as special counsel to the Chief of Naval Operations, the senior staff judge advo- cate for Commander, U.S. Pacific Com- mand, and as the fleet judge advocate for U.S. 7th Fleet. In command, he served as commanding officer, Region Legal Service Office Southeast. He also served at Navy Personnel Command; the Office of the Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Naval War College; Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe; the Naval Justice School; and, Cruiser-Destroyer Group Eight. He began his legal career as a defense counsel at the Naval Legal Service Office, Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
REAR ADM. KELVIN DIXON Reserve Deputy Commander, U.S. Naval Forces
U.S. Central Command
Rear Adm. Kelvin Dixon is a 1981 graduate of Prairie View A&M Univer- sity, where he received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He holds a master's degree in management from the College of
St. Elizabeth and another in business administration from Fairleigh Dickin- son University. His tours as a surface warfare officer included boilers/weapons officer, USS Preble; weapons officer, USS LaSalle; surface detailer, Bureau of Personnel; and watch officer, National Military Command Center. Other tours included director, Iraqi Training and Ad- visory Mission-Navy and Marine; deputy
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