Propulsion Examination Board; inspec- tor in the Office of the Navy Inspector General; a senior naval adviser in the Bureau of Political Military Affairs at the U.S. Department of State during the 2005 earthquake relief operations in Pakistan, 2006 Lebanon Non-combatant Evacu- ation Operation and Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief. Ponds commanded Amphibious Squadron Eight from November 2007 to May 2009, operating in four fleet areas of operation in Iraq; counter piracy operations; and Sea Angel II (Bangladesh Humanitarian Assistance/ Disaster Relief). He also served as a Mission Commander for the Haiti HA/ DR Operation 2008. He holds a master's degree in information systems technol- ogy from George Washington Univer- sity, another master's degree in military studies from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College; and a master's degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College, National Defense University.
REAR ADM. KEVIN SCOTT Deputy Commander, U.S. Naval Forces
U.S. Central Command, Manama, Bahrain
Rear Adm. Kevin Scott currently serves as deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces, U.S. Central
Command, Manama, Bahrain. A native of Portsmouth, Va., and New York City, Scott was designated a naval aviator
in 1984. Scott previously commanded Helicopter Mine Counter Measures Squadron (HM) 14, which under 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, and, most recently, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 2. His operational sea as- signments included: HM-14 legal officer, Aircraft division officer and maintenance test pilot (1985 to 1987); flight deck of- ficer aboard USS Inchon (LPH 12); and HM-14 admin officer, operations officer and detachment officer in charge (1994 to 1996).Ashore, he served as Air Com- bat placement officer, Bureau of Naval Personnel; wing operations officer, Com- mander Tactical Wing Atlantic; military
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aide to the vice president (1997 to 1999); current operations chief and division chief, Joint Forces Command; director of aviation officer Distribution Division (PERS 43), Naval Personnel Com- mand; and acting director, Expeditionary Warfare Division, Washington D.C. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Naval Postgradu- ate School, U.S. Naval War College and the Joint Forces Staff College. He holds a master of arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.
REAR ADM. DWIGHT SHEPHERD Director Manpower and Personnel (J-1)
The Joint Staff
Rear Adm. Dwight Shepherd is currently assigned to the Joint Staff as director of Manpower and Per- sonnel/J1. He gradu- ated from the University of Cincin- nati in 1983, earning a bachelor of science in business administra-
tion, with a major in marketing. He also earned a master's degree in national resource strategy from the Industrial Col- lege of Armed Forces in 2006. Shepherd was commissioned an ensign in June 1984 and earned his naval flight officer wings July 1985. His operational com- mand tours include: Fleet Air Reconnais- sance, the Navy’s largest aviation squad- ron. His major command was Strategic Communications Wing One and Task Force 124. He was the first Black officer to command a "Take Charge and Move Out" (TACAMO) squadron and air wing. His operational tours include: Patrol Spe- cial Projects Unit Two/VPU-2 (avionics division officer); Fleet Air Reconnais- sance 3/VQ-3 (Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization, flight officer, and maintenance officer); Yokosuka, Japan, aboard USS Kitty Hawk. His shore tours include: Bureau of Naval Personnel (Initial Assignment and VQ/Force Support detailer); Naval Training Support Unit evaluator/instruc- tor); U.S. Strategic Command; Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (executive assistant); (Strategic Alignment branch head); and, senior military assistant to the secretary of the Navy.
REAR ADM. JOHN SMITH JR. Commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Rear Adm. John Smith currently serves as commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo. From 2010 to 2012, he served as deputy
director, Joint Interagency Task Force South respon- sible for coor- dinating joint, inter agency
and international efforts to combat illicit drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. His most recent operational assignment was as commander, Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Ashore, he served as deputy director of Equal Opportunity in Washington, D.C.; and head aviation commander helicopter detailer, Bureau of Naval Personnel. He entered the Navy via the Aviation Officer Candidate program in 1982 and was designated a naval aviator in 1984. Prior to command, he flew with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) Three aboard the USS Saratoga, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 43 De- tachment One aboard USS Ford, and HS-4 aboard USS Kitty Hawk and USS Carl Vinson . He also served as an Fleet Re- placement Squadron instructor with HS-1. Smith’s squadron command tours include HS-11 and deployed aboard USS John F. Kennedy to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. In September 2005, he was selected to be Joint Force Maritime Air Component commander for Joint Task Force Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2008, Smith assumed command of Joint Crew Composite Squadron One in Baghdad, Iraq, responsible for fielding, sustainment and combat readiness of coun- ter radio-controlled improvised explosive device electronic warfare systems. In 2009, he served as chief of staff for Navy Cyber Forces in Little Creek, Va. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from South Carolina State College and a master's de- gree in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
SINCE 1775, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY HAVE
PLACED SERVICE ABOVE SELF IN FAITHFULLY EXECUTING
THEIR MISSION TO MAINTAIN FREEDOM OF THE SEAS.
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