commander Navy Region Northwest; he commanded Selective Service System 125, commander, Naval Surface Forces; and Gaining Command Liaison Officer Beach Master Unit Two. In 1991, he par- ticipated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm as the operations officer for the United Nations Mission headquar- tered in Kuwait. He assisted in the es- tablishment of checkpoints and managed the movement of all military and civilian personnel throughout Kuwait and Iraq. In 2003, 2008 and 2010, he was mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom responsible for protecting shipping in the Persian Gulf; chief of biometrics, with responsibility for all aspects of identifica- tion and verification, and director, Iraqi Training, Advising, Operations Mission- Navy and Marine building the Iraqi Navy and Marines. Dixon’s decorations include the prestigious Captain Leo V. Bilger Award for excellence in mission effectiveness, 2012 Distinguished and Outstanding Eagle Boy Scout Awards.
REAR ADM. EARL GAY Commander, Navy Recruiting Command
Rear Adm. Earl Gay served as com- mander of Expeditionary Strike Group Three, July 2009 to
August 2011, before report- ing aboard as commander of the Navy Recruiting Command. He is a 1980 graduate of the U.S.
Naval Academy. He completed his flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola in 1981 and is also a 1995 graduate of the U.S. Air War College. He attended the Joint Forces Staff College in 2005 and earned a master's degree in financial man- agement from Troy State University. His initial sea assignments included deploy- ments aboard USS Fletcher, USS Cook , USS David R. Ray and USS Crommelin. He commanded the HSL-43 BattleCats, deploying the Navy's first armed helo/ hellfire missile detachments. He also served as air boss, USS Boxer, deploying with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit in 1999. Assignments ashore include search and rescue pilot in the High Sierra Mountains, instructor pilot in the SH-60B aircraft at HSL-41, joint plans officer at U.S. Forces Command and U.S. Atlantic
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Command and commanding officer of HSL-41, training squadron for all west coast SH-60B pilots and aircrewmen. He commanded USS Belleau Wood from March 2003 until November 2004, deploying with the 11th MEU in combat support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Follow- ing this tour, Gay was assigned as the Navy's director of congressional liaison, U.S. House of Representatives. He was next assigned as the 86th commandant of Naval District Washington and deputy commander, Joint Force Headquarters, National Capital Region. Gay served as deputy chairman of the Armed Forces Inauguration Committee, Washington, D.C., from July 2008 until March 2009.
REAR ADM. VINCENT GRIFFITH Deputy Chief of Staff, Fleet Ordnance and Supply
Fleet Supply Officer, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command
Rear Adm. Vincent Griffith is cur- rently assigned as deputy chief of staff for Fleet
Ordnance and Supply and fleet supply officer on the staff of Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Com- mand. His most recent assignment
was as commander, Defense Logistics Agency, Aviation—the primary source of supply for aviation repair parts and operating supply items supporting 1,300 weapon systems. His sea duty assign- ments included the USS Saratoga as stock control, financial/budget officer and automated data processing officer. Aboard USS Stonewall Jackson and USS John C. Stennis, he served as the supply officer. Ashore, his tours include: the Naval Supply Center, Naval Supply Systems Command, Defense Logistics Agency, Naval Inventory Control Point, and the Naval Air Station Lemoore. He has served as commanding officer, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Jackson- ville, Fla.; commander, Naval Air Forces U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego, as Force supply officer. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administra- tion from Berry College in 1981, and was commissioned through Officer Candidate School in 1982 as Ensign in the Navy
Supply Corps. He earned a master's de- gree in business administration at George Washington University, and completed Emory University’s Goizueta Graduate School of Managements Advanced Ex- ecutive Business Program and the Navy Corporate Business Course at University of Virginia, Darden School of Business.
REAR ADM. BRUCE GROOMS Assistant Deputy CNO for Operations, Plans and Strategy (N3/5B)
Rear Admiral Bruce Grooms, a native of Cleveland, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a bach- elor's degree in aerospace engineering. Following completion of nuclear power train- ing, he served in nearly every ca-
pacity aboard a variety of submarines including a tour as executive officer of USS Pasadena, where he twice deployed to the Persian Gulf. His command tours include service as the commanding of- ficer of USS Asheville. During this tour, the ship received the Battle Efficiency "E" award, the Golden Anchor and Silver Anchor for the highest retention in the Submarine Force. Asheville twice earned the Engineering Excellence award, won the Fleet Recreational Award for best quality of life programs, and twice won the Submarine Squadron Three Commo- dore’s Cup. Grooms subsequently served as commander, Submarine Squadron Six and later as commander, Submarine Group Two. Ashore, he served as a company officer and, later, as comman- dant of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. He served as senior military assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. He was the senior inspector for the Nuclear Propulsion Ex- amining Board. He served as deputy di- rector, then director, Submarine Warfare Division (N87) and as vice director, Joint Staff. Grooms was selected as the Vice Admiral Stockdale Inspirational Leader- ship Award winner for 1999. He earned a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, graduating with distinction, and he attended Stanford University as a National Security Affairs Fellow. His
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