Defense Media Activity
6700 Taylor Ave, Fort Meade, MD 20755 United States
Acting Director, CONUS Production (Navy O5)
04/2020 – Present
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Ensured timely performance of DMA CONUS Production operations by providing leadership, management and oversight of 97 civilian and 143 military personnel and an annual budget of more than $4.1M within the Media Production Line of Business.
– Responsible for manning, training, equipping, budgeting and contracting for seven production divisions (DOD, Pentagon Bureau, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Production Services) in support of DOD, COCOM, and Service communication priorities.
– Led the Directorate through reorganization outlined in DMA’s 2025 strategy resulting in the creation of a new dedicated Production Division to directly support DOD, Defense Agency and Field Activities (DAFAs), COCOMs, and other clients. This has resulted in improved support for DOD and other non-service clients while reducing calls for support from service specific production teams.
Navy Element Commander (Navy O5)
12/2018 – Present
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Serves as the senior Naval Officer at DMA, an O6 position. Oversees service specific administration for more than 200 Sailors across DMA’s 30+ UICs around the world. Works with the Navy and DMA leadership to look after needs & requirements of all Sailors. Coordinates with DMA Navy Reserve Det. to facilitate greater integration into DMA operations.
Acting Director, DOD Production
12/2018 – Present
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Served as the Chief of DOD Production, to include the Pentagon Bureau, responsible for the manning, training, equipping and operational oversight of the Defense.gov website and production support to the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs (ATSD(PA)) as well as the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other senior DOD and Joint Staff officials and offices.
– Identified manning shortfalls in the Pentagon Bureau that created risk in available support to senior defense leadership there. In response, realigned several civilian and military billets to fill in critical gaps in photography, multimedia, and operations that will provide support in the near term with more robust manning in 1-3 years thus ensuring more sustained support over the long term.
– Evaluated data on Defense.gov traffic and working with the DOD Production team, developed several design improvements to the site based on customer usage that have improved site navigation and efficiency resulting in a more useful Defense.gov website.
Deputy Director, Defense Media Operations (Navy O5)
05/2018 – 04/2020
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Assists in the leadership, management and oversight of DMA Defense Media Operations with approximately 97 civilian and 143 military personnel and an annual budget of more than $4.1M.
– Responsible for manning, training, equipping, budgeting and contracting for five production divisions (DOD/Pentagon Bureau, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force) in support of DOD, COCOM, and Service communication priorities.
– Identified the lack of a streamlined means of collaboration and coordination within the divisions inthe directorate. Led the five production teams in a discovery session to determine the critical elements of a comprehensive collaboration tool. Then led the review, research, and staffing to acquire the selected service (Monday.com) as a planning and collaboration tool that also provided useful analytics for tracking production. The resulting use of the service has improved efficiency in collaboration and coordination within and across all production divisions.
– Seized the opportunity to take the renewal of a social media analytics service contract in DMA’s Pacific Bureau and the ongoing research for a social media management tool by DOD’s social media team in the Pentagon Bureau and redirected both efforts into the research and identification of a social media analytics and workflow tool for use across the DMA Enterprise. The result was one contract that created seats across the DMA Enterprise providing for robust social media analysis as well as platform management on a contract that was almost the same cost as the original analytics contract, thus saving DMA significant money and giving the entire Enterprise a powerful tool for their social media communication efforts.
Department of the Navy, Chief of Information’s Office (CHINFO)
1000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC 20350-1200 United States
– Served as the Public Affairs advisor to the Under Secretary of the Navy, Thomas Modly, and his office. Planned, coordinated, and facilitated media engagement planning and support for all of the Undersecretary’s media engagements.
– At the request of then Secretary of Defense Mattis, the then Under Secretary of the Navy, Thomas Modly, volunteered to visit several countries in the Indo-Pacific in order to reinforce DOD’s priority on strengthening relationships with allies and partners with the United States and United States Military. As the Undersecretary’s public affairs officer, I planned and executed all media coverage for the ten day, five country, seven stop trip through the Indo-Pacific. In direct coordination with the U.S. Embassy and consulates, I orchestrated a media blitz throughout the trip to include photos, releases, a dedicated page on Navy.mil, social-media posts, stories, media events and interviews. This coverage created a significant amount of interest in the countries we visited, resulting in positive earned media locally according to the embassy and consulates. It also resulted in international and defense trade coverage in the region that was noticed by regional competitors. Overall the total coverage of earned and owned media reached a combined audience we measured in the millions.
– One of the key priorities of the Undersecretary was to reform business practices within the Department of the Navy, which aligned with the National Defense Strategy line of effort. To do this he led the development of the Department of the Navy Business Operations Plan (DONBOP). As the Undersecretary’s public affairs officer, I developed and executed a robust communication plan consisting of a public release, blog post, several social-media posts, an “All Navy” message, a Department of the Navy-wide email, a dedicated website, and a media roundtable of internal, defense, and Navy trade press. The rollout resulted in a wide- distribution of the Undersecretary’s plan for business reform to DOD, Navy, and Hill audiences and resulted in positive media coverage. In support of the Undersecretaries other key initiative, Education for Seapower (E4S), I developed a similar communications plan that was executed by my successor.
Department of the Navy, Chief of Information’s Office (CHINFO)
1000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC 20350-1200 United States
06/2016 – 07/2018
Salary: 9,280.00 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Assistant Chief of Information for Internal Communications (Navy O5)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Coordinated between CHINFO and the DMA Navy Production Division to ensure the production work done by the 40-person team was well coordinated and aligned with the communication priorities of the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Chief of Naval Personnel, and DOD.
– Personally oversaw the production of content for the annual Navy Birthday celebration, Medal of Honor products, USS Zumwalt Commissioning, observance months, ratings modernization and other high visibility Navy-wide communication efforts.
– At the Direction of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO), I led the planning and execution of a robust Black History and Women’s History month communication effort on Navy.mil and Navy Social Media accounts that was replicated for the other observance months. As we executed this robust campaign we monitored web and social media traffic and comments. We learned from our audience that our robust campaign to show the accomplishments and diversity of the Navy was driving traffic down and creating negative sentiment among our audiences overall and in some cases among the audiences we sought to recognize. We used this knowledge to adjust our campaign to reduce the content and be more selective on what we posted and when, thus increasing the efficacy of our communication efforts.
– As a result of some Flag Officers and former Flag Officers being in the public light for misdeeds, I realized the need to standardize and maintain the integrity of Flag Officer biographical information from changes by
the members aimed at burnishing their public image. To do this, I authored a Navy policy, signed by the Director of the Navy Staff, on Flag Officer biographies for the official Navy website (Navy.mil) to ensure consistency and accuracy of all official biographies on the site.
Department of the Navy, Chief of Information’s Office (CHINFO)
1000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC 20350-1200 United States
05/2016 – 12/2017
Salary: 9,062.70 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Assistant Chief of Information for Strategy, Plans, and Assessments (Navy O5)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
-Assistant Chief of Information for Strategy, Plans, and Assessments for one month while the GS-15 Chief onboarded then served as Deputy. Responsible for the planning and coordination of communication plans and assessments in support of Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations priorities.
– In my short time as the Assistant Chief of Information, I standardized the media assessment methodology in order to provide more consistent analysis and products.
– Provided planning and public affairs assistance to state funeral support planning, Navy Budget submission, DOD Wounded Warrior Games, online misconduct concerns brought about the “Marines United” incident, annual Navy Birthday planning , Riverine Command Boat capture by Iran, physiological episodes (when a pilot experiences loss in performance related to insufficient oxygen, depressurization, or other factors during flight).
– Built a communication plan and campaign with Commander Submarine Forces (SUBFOR) in support of the Enlisted Women in Submarines (EWIS) 3rd recruitment tranche. The campaign included a dedicated website, tailored URL, custom graphics and videos to promote service in the submarine community among female Sailors in specific career fields. This coordinated approach resulted in SUBFOR achieving their 2017 recruitment goal.
– Provided PA planning support to the crisis action teams responding to the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and USS McCain (DDG 56) collisions at sea and their investigations. Actively worked with the Operational Navy’s (OPNAV) crisis action team to build and continuously update public affairs guidance in coordination with legal counsel, U.S. Naval Surface Forces, and U.S. Pacific Fleet. Monitored media coverage and facilitated media queries to provide a steady flow of accurate information. While the events were terrible tragedies resulting from horrible, preventable accidents, overall coverage was accurate and fair thanks to continued engagement with interested media.
– Provided public affairs planning and support for the Readiness Restoration Oversight Committee (RROC) review, implementation, and assessment of recommendations resulting from the Comprehensive Review of Recent Surface Force Incidents, directed by the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Strategic Readiness Review, directed by the Secretary of the Navy, following the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and USS McCain (DDG 56) collisions in the Pacific. In coordination with other public affairs stakeholders, coordinated public affairs guidance and engaged with interested media. After 6 months, conducted a media assessment and determined coverage of the Navy’s efforts following the investigations into the collisions and the establishment of the RROC were neutral to positive of the Navy’s efforts.
Department of the Navy, Chief of Information’s Office (CHINFO)
1000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC 20350-1200 United States
01/2015 – 05/2016
Salary: 8,617.20 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Public Affairs Officer to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) (Navy O5)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Public Affairs advisor to Adm. Michelle J. Howard, Vice Chief of Naval Operations. A historic figure, Adm. Howard is the first African-American woman to command a ship (USS Rushmore (LSD 47)), the first woman to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy to make flag, the first African-American woman to achieve 3-star and 4-star rank in the military, and the first woman four-star in the Navy. Due to her notoriety she was in frequent demand for interviews and speaking engagements. I expertly coordinated more than 20 media engagements with international, national, local and trade press in support of profiles of her, interviews on Navy and National Security issues resulting in favorable coverage of the Admiral and positive and accurate coverage of interview topics. I also supported more than 60 VCNO speaking events, furthering the reach of these events through photography, stories, and social media. Significantly enhanced coverage of VCNO core interest areas of gender diversity and the cyber domain through internal Navy coverage, well coordinated media engagements, and documentation of speaking events bringing greater visibility to these issues.
– Provided travelling public affairs support on Adm. Howard’s Asia-Pacific trip. In coordination with the State Department and DOD, facilitated an international media roundtable with the Admiral during her attendance at the International Maritime Defense Expo (IMDEX)
in Singapore to address the U.S. Navy posture with respect to Chinese island building in the South China Sea. International coverage of the interview continued to highlight the U.S. Government and U.S. Navy position of concern over Chinese military actions in the South China Sea and the U.S. Government’s advocacy of freedom of navigation as recognized under international law.
Department of the Navy, Chief of Information’s Office (CHINFO)
1000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC 20350-1200 United States
08/2014 – 02/2015
Salary: 8,507.00 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 55
Executive Assistant to the Chief of Information (Navy O5)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Executive Assistant to Rear Adm. (lower half) Dawn Cutler, Navy Chief of Information (CHINFO). Responsible for day-to-day management of the CHINFO front office, coordinating high-visibility issues with other Operational Navy (OPNAV), Department of the Navy (DON), and Fleet offices as well integrating RDML Cutler with the Navy Public Affairs Enterprise.
Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon, 9999 Joint Staff Washington, DC 20318 United States
09/2011 – 07/2014
Salary: 8,199.30 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Deputy Director for Public Affairs (Navy O5)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– As the Deputy Director for Public Affairs on the Joint Staff managed the day-to-day operations of the Joint Staff Public Affairs Office to include the leadership, management, and care of 10 active duty officers and enlisted personnel from all services, 7 civilian personnel, and 6 military Individual Mobilization Augmentees (IMA). Successfully led the office through sequestration furloughs and 20% headquarters cuts.
– Filled in for the Director of Public Affairs on the staff in his absence routinely attending and briefing the Director, Joint Staff (DJS) staff at meetings and briefings. Also briefed visiting military, students, and DINFOS courses on the Joint Staff and military public affairs.
– Spearheaded the Public Affairs doctrine proponency and led the review and update of Joint Publication 3-61 Doctrine for Public Affairs with inputs from across DOD to include the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Combatant Commands, and the Services. Also collaborated on the Joint Doctrine Note 2-13 Commander’s Communication Synchronization, the successor to the Joint Doctrine note on Strategic Communication. Updated these doctrines, in coordination with all stakeholders, to better reflect public affairs operations in a modern, rapidly evolving communication environment.
Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon, 9999 Joint Staff Washington, DC 20318 United States
09/2011 – 07/2013
Salary: 8,118.11 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Public Affairs representative to the J1, J7, and J5 directorates (Navy O5)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Served as the Public Affairs representative to the Manpower and Personnel (J1), Joint Force Development (J7), and Strategy, Plans, and Policy (J5) directorates.
– Established public affairs representation in directorates when there previously was none. Planned with the J7 Directorate the public rollout of the Joint Operational Access Concept (JOAC), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dempsey’s first building block toward the Joint Force 2020 strategy and one of his top 4 priorities. The on the record interview with the J7 general resulted in accurate and favorable coverage in defense trade press that proved a foundation for future coverage of anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) issues. Also worked on the realignment of National Defense University (NDU) to the J7 and the controversy over the Senior Mentor program and how to better reorganize it for the future, improving accurate communication on this important issue.
– Provided Public Affairs support to the J5 Directorate including 10 Deputy Directorates with equities that span the globe and interagency. Synchronized communication with the J5 Directorate and Deputy Directors, the Joint Staff Public Affairs Office, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs OSD(PA). Reviewed doctrine, exercises, and plans ensuring PA coordination. Collaborated on the Concept of Operations Plan for Challenge Inspection requirements under the Chemical Weapons Convention. Contributed to the National Security Staff development of social media guidance for interagency as the Joint Staff subject matter expert. Routinely coordinated with NSC Staff, COCOMs, and OSD on defense and national security issues to include Egypt, Syria, Counter-LRA, Afghanistan, Malaysian Air, and Ukraine/Russia facilitating greater, accurate communication from OSD and the Joint Staff.
– Provided domestic traveling public affairs support to the Chairman of the Joint Staff, Gen. Dempsey, facilitating media interviews and troops talks in Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, and Washington, DC resulting in overall positive coverage of the Chairman’s visits in local and defense trade press.
Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center, Norfolk, Va.
1683 Gilbert St.
Naval Base, Norfolk, VA 23511 United States
04/2011 – 09/2011
Salary: 7,639.00 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Global War on Terrorism Support Assignment (GSA) Deployer (Navy O5) Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Trained for a one-year deployment to Pakistan as the Strategic Communication officer for the Office of the Defense Representative to Pakistan (ODRP). Integrated virtually with the staff weeks early to prepare for duties upon arrival. Orders cancelled prior to deployment as part of ongoing force-level negotiations with the Government of Pakistan.
Department of the Navy, Chief of Information’s Office (CHINFO)
1000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC 20350-1200 United States
07/2009 – 04/2011
Salary: 7,639.00 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Director, Emerging Media Integration (Navy O5/O4)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Hand-selected to spearhead the adoption of social media across the Navy Enterprise. Came up with a comprehensive strategy to facilitate social media adoption. Engineered and executed surveys of the 2500+ Navy public affairs community to first identify impediments to social media adoption, leading to the optimization of support to public affairs officers in the effective use of social media. The followup survey identified areas of improvement and areas requiring additional work and clearly demonstrated the growing adoption of social media into the Navy’s communications capabilities.
– Authored and implemented Navy-wide policy on the official and unofficial use of social media, establishing the baseline for the use of social media in official Navy public communications. These policies firmly established social media as a public affairs communication tool and clearly authorized its use on Navy networks. These policies also set behavioral expectations for service members in their personal accounts, clearly establishing that servicemembers were held to the same standards of conduct online as they were anywhere else. This established a standard that was emulated across the Department of Defense.
– Championed establishment of a Social Media directory on the Navy’s flagship website Navy.mil, validating and aligning Navy social media presences. Developed social media training and resource packages to nurture burgeoning command level efforts. Authored and implemented Navy-wide policy and training for all service members. The Navy Command Social Media Handbook was acclaimed as groundbreaking by government, industry, and media.
– Established monitoring, metrics and analysis reports to support senior officer decision making on critical issues such as H1N1 and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief to Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. Established the capability to quickly turn insights on real-world events informing ongoing communication efforts as well as leadership on the information environment.
– Served as a DOD subject matter expert on social media in the government speaking at several industry- leading conferences to include Web 2.0, Gov 2.0, PRSA and the Social Media Business Council. Requested to serve as charter member of an eight-member U.S. Government cabinet-level panel charged with developing U.S. archival policy for the whole of government.
– “One of the brightest minds in the Navy, he has single handedly positioned the entire Navy to become a powerful force in social media and other emerging media technologies. The value of his forward-thinking, early adopter and visionary understanding cannot be overstated in this rapidly-evolving communications environment.” –Rear Admiral Dennis Moynihan – Navy Chief of Information (CHINFO)
Defense Information School (DINFOS)
6500 Mapes Road
Fort Meade, MD 20755 United States
06/2007 – 07/2009
Salary: 6,534.30 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Instructor/Course Developer (Navy O4)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Planned, scheduled, and executed a complex course of more than 50 guest speakers from across academia, business, government, media and the military in two iterations of the Joint Senior Public Affairs Course (JSPAC), providing graduate level instruction to 28 joint-service O5s, O6s, GS14 and GS15s.
– Taught more than 60 Navy officers and enlisted in an updated Navy service unique course, providing Navy- specific public affairs instruction and real-world scenarios to junior PAOs, giving them an exposure to issues that they would face in DOD and the Navy.
– Served as the Navy element commander leading service specific administration for 35 DINFOS Faculty & Staff.
– Led the Public Affairs Qualification Course (PAQC) – Advanced Distance Learning (ADL) section. Responsible for 7 contract instructors in the instruction of 96 civilian and military students through a six month non-resident and a two week in-resident course.
Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) University of San Diego/San Diego State University
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110 United States
07/2006 – 05/2007
Salary: 5,882.00 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Graduate Student (Navy O4)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Graduate Student at San Diego State University (SDSU) in Communication
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) homeported in Bremerton, Wash.
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
FPO, AP 96629-2840 United States
06/2004 – 06/2006
Salary: 5,482.00 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Media Department Head and Public Affairs Officer (Navy O4)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– As the ship’s Public Affairs officer was responsible for leading a Public Affairs Division of 15 Sailors across the Public Affairs and Print Shop work centers. Led the establishment of the Media Department, combining the Public Affairs and Photography Divisions from two different departments into one Media Department with 35 Sailors from four different ratings (Journalist, Photographers Mate, Draftsman, and Lithographer) that would merge into the single rating of Mass Communications Specialist. Result was a single, better aligned organization for executing the public affairs mission.
– Responsible for leading all public affairs efforts for the command and providing public affairs guidance and support to the embarked Destroyer Squadron 31, Carrier Air Wing 9, and Carrier Strike Group 3 staffs during Carl Vinson’s extended global deployment in 2005 resulting in greater coverage and public affairs support for all elements of the Carl Vinson Strike Group.
– Orchestrated ship visits for more than 2000 distinguished visitors from more than 20 countries both prior to and during deployment including heads of state and senior military officers.
– Created more than 80 press releases, 250 editions of the ship’s paper, 20 TV News packages for American Forces Network, and hosted numerous embarked U.S. and international media to include CNN and Al Jazeera resulting in positive coverage for the ship and the strike group.
– As a result of the exceptional work done by the Public Affairs team during Carl Vinson’s global deployment, the team received eight Chief of Navy Information (CHINFO) Merit awards for their work, more than any other command that year.
U.S. Atlantic Fleet/U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.
1562 Mitscher Ave
Suite 250
Norfolk, VA 23551 United States
12/2001 – 07/2004
Salary: 5,132.00 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Media Relations Officer (Navy O4/O3)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– As a Media Relations Officer coordinated with local, regional, Navy interest, national and international media on subjects of public interest. Proactively worked with command staff on media engagement on issues such as the homebasing of the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft in Hampton Roads, the establishment of an Outlying Landing Field (OLF) in North Carolina, the Vieques live-fire range, and the downsizing of Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Also served as media escort for a wide variety of media interest events to include USS Enterprise Good Morning America broadcast (ABC), POTUS speech, Live Garth Brooks Concert, Washington Post embark on USS Whirlwind for PC homeland security story, and multiple deployments and homecomings.
– Supported Joint Task Force (JTF)-160 Joint Information Bureau (JIB) at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) detainee operations. Responsible for coordinating the establishment of a Satellite uplink, Internet connectivity, and phone lines as well as facilitating rotating media covering detainee operations. This resulted in positive and accurate coverage of the detainee operations mission during its establishment.
– During Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) served as the acting Fleet Media Officer during his forward deployment to support OIF operations.
U.S. Atlantic Fleet/U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.
1562 Mitscher Ave
Suite 250
Norfolk, VA 23551 United States
12/2000 – 12/2001
Salary: 3,656.40 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Community Relations Officer (Navy O3)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– As a Community Relations Officer coordinated in-port ship visits, aircraft carrier embarkations, Employer Support for Guard and Reserve (ESGR) visits, visits by White House and SECDEF staffers, and visits by command distinguished visitors as part of the command and Navy’s efforts to educate the public about the Navy.
Navy Public Affairs Center, Norfolk, Va.
9376 3rd Ave.
Naval Base, Norfolk, VA 23511 United States
07/1999 – 12/2000
Salary: 3,364.80 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Public Affairs Action Officer (Navy O3)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Supported multiple Public Affairs events in the Hampton Roads area to include all Carrier Strike Group deployments and homecomings.
– Augmented Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Public Affairs Office as well as U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command in support of media interest in covering the Vieques live-fire range.
– Travelling Public Affairs Officer for the “Great Lakes Cruise 2000”, a multi-city, multi-state Navy Recruiting Command sponsored trip featuring two Navy minehunters. Responsible for internal media and coordinating all media coverage in each city.
– Prior to visiting Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wis., at the request of the local Congressional Representative, the Great Lakes Cruise ships were tasked with looking for a missing fishing vessel, the Linda-E using their sonar. They found the boat sunk on the lake floor. In coordination with the local Coast Guard district I coordinated media interest in the search for and finding of the Linda-E to include a press conference conducted with local media, the ship’s CO, the regional Coast Guard commander, the local Congressman, and members of the families of the victims.
– Served as the public affairs officer for USS Cole after the return of the crew but prior to the return of the ship. Coordinated media and public affairs support requests for the command. Supported the crew attending Veteran’s Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and White House.
Defense Information School (DINFOS)
6500 Mapes Road
Fort Meade, MD 20755 United States
05/1999 – 07/1999
Salary: 3,210.60 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Public Affairs Officer Qualification Course Student (Navy O3/O2)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Attended the Public Affairs Officer Qualification Course at DOD’s Defense Information School (DINFOS) to complete initial training as a newly designated Navy Public Affairs Officer.
The Guided-Missile Destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) homeported in Norfolk, Va.
USS MITSCHER (DDG 57)
FPO, AE 09578-1275 United States
05/1998 – 04/1999
Salary: 2,777.70 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Navigator (Navy O2)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Responsible for the safe navigation of the ship while at sea to include day-to-day navigation and voyage planning. Also responsible for the leadership and management of the Navigation and Administration Divisions which included more than 10 Sailors across two work centers.
The Destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968) homeported in Norfolk, Va.
USS Arthur W. Radford (DD968) FPO, AE 08586-1206 United States
04/1997 – 04/1998
Salary: 2,681.10 USD Per Month
Hours per week: 40
Main Propulsion Division Officer (Navy O2/O1)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Division Officer for the Main Propulsion Division responsible for maintaining and repairing the equipment that provided propulsion and electrical power for the ship. Also responsible for the leadership and management of the Main Propulsion Division which included approximately 40 Sailors across four work centers.
The Destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968) homeported in Norfolk, Va.
USS Arthur W. Radford (DD968) FPO, AE 08586-1206 United States
04/1996 – 04/1997
Salary: 2,170.80 USD Bi-weekly
Hours per week: 40
Communications Officer/Confidential Material Storage (CMS) Custodian (Navy O1)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Division Officer for the Radio Division which was responsible for the operations of all radio and external communications equipment as well as operation of the signals bridge. Also responsible for the leadership and management of Radio and Signals work centers which included approximately 30 Sailors. As the CMS Custodian, was responsible for the organization, tracking and accountability of all confidential material for the command.
Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS), Newport, R.I.
446 Cushing Road
Building 446/1268
Newport, RI 02841 United States
09/1995 – 03/1996
Salary: 1,675.50 USD Bi-weekly
Hours per week: 40
Student (Navy O1)
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
– Student attending SWOS Division Officer Course, Gas Turbine Engineering, Communications Officer Course, and Confidential Material Storage (CMS) Custodian Course.
Scott D. McIlnay, APR 