Lieutenant Commander Van Hook, a fourth generation Surface Warfare Officer, is from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He received his commission in 2008 from the United States Naval Academy. Currently, he is in the command pipeline to assume command of USS TORNADO (PC 14).

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Lieutenant Commander Tester is a native of Toledo, Ohio. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2006, earning his commission and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. He also holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the N...

Rear Adm. James Aiken is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  He is the son of Reverend and Mrs. James Aiken, Sr. Aiken was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) at Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Political Science.  He...

Captain Rich LeBron enlisted in the Navy in 1989. Following Boot Camp and Quartermaster school he reported to USS James K. Polk (SSBN 645) for his first sea tour.

As a submarine Quartermaster Rich managed to keep the ship off the shoals and was accepted into the Navy's...

Lieutenant Commander Grant Bryan is a native of Anchorage, Alaska.  He earned a Bachelors in Chemistry from the US Naval Academy in 2005 and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Prior to his first sea tour, LCDR Bryan worked...

Commander Kristenson, a native of Franklin, Massachusetts, enlisted in the
Navy on his 18th birthday. He completed nuclear power training and served
as a staff instructor until he began his officer training.

A three-sport varsity athlete at the University of Nebraska—L...

Rear Adm. Fred W. Kacher is a native of Oakton, Virginia and graduated, with honors, from the United States Naval Academy in 1990 with a degree in English.  He holds a Master’s in Public Policy with a concentration in International Relations from Harvard’s Kennedy Scho...

Captain Joseph A. Gagliano is a surface warfare officer, politico-military specialist and naval strategist....

Captain Jon P. Rodgers hails from Humboldt, Tennessee and graduated from Cornell University in 1990 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Agriculture Engineering Technologies. Upon graduation, he received his commission as a Surface Warfare Officer.

His sea duty assignm...

LCDR Kurt Albaugh grew up in Vermont and New York. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in English, with Distinction.  He holds master’s degrees from George Mason University in English and from Georgetown University in Security Studies (w...