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U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE 2015 BALLOT I Candidate Profiles U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE 2015 BALLOT I Candidate Profiles The profiles below are provided to inform U.S. Naval Institute members about Board of Directors and Editorial Board candidates. Each candidate was invited to provide 150 words. These lists are arranged alphabetically. BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANDIDATES EDITORIAL BOARD CANDIDATES RADM Daniel R. Bowler, USN (Ret.) Station Cutler, Maine, and Naval Computer and LCDR Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong, USN Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic, Rear Admiral Bowler, President, The Whitehall Norfolk. She served on the NSC staff at the White Lieutenant Commander Armstrong is a naval Group, LLC, is a 1970 U.S. Naval Academy House and was Deputy Director, White House aviator and helicopter pilot who has served as an graduate and served in the Navy nearly 33 years Military Office. In 2004 she deployed to Iraq, HH-46D search-and-rescue and special-warfare as a surface warfare officer. He commanded the becoming the first Multi-National Force–Iraq C6. pilot, an advanced flight instructor, and as the USS Leftwich (DD-984), USS Chosin (CG-65), Returning in April 2005 she was assigned as the officer-in-charge of a deployed MH-60S armed helo COMCRUDESGRU FIVE, and the National War J6 for both North American Aerospace Defense detachment. He has also served on board ship and College. Following retirement, from 2003 to 2009 Command and U.S. Northern Command. holds OOD and CDO (under way) designations. He he worked for Lockheed Martin Corporation’s is currently serving in the Navy Secretariat. Washington Operations office as the Vice President CAPT Fred W. Kacher, USN Lieutenant Commander Armstrong holds an MA for Naval Systems. He served on the Naval Studies in military history from Norwich University and is Board in 2006-7. He was an Associate Member of Captain Kacher graduated from the U.S. Naval a research student pursuing his MPhil/PhD in the the Naval Research Advisory Committee from 2008 Academy and currently serves as Commander, Department of War Studies at King’s College, London. to 2010. In 2009 he established The Whitehall Destroyer Squadron SEVEN. A former commanding He has published widely on naval irregular warfare, Group, LLC, a defense consulting company. Rear officer of the USS Stockdale (DDG-106), he strategy, and naval education and training. His articles Admiral Bowler served on the Naval Institute’s has served at sea on multiple ships deploying have appeared in Proceedings, Naval History, and Editorial Board from 1996 to 1998. He is a former throughout the Atlantic and the Pacific. the USNI Blog. He has also published numerous contributor to Proceedings and has been a member Ashore, he has served as special assistant to the articles in academic journals including the Naval War of the Institute since 1970. Secretary of the Navy, speechwriter to the Chairman College Review and Infinity Journal and has lectured of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and earned a master’s VADM Sally Brice-O’Hara, USCG (Ret.) at U.S. Special Operations Command, Navy Warfare degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy Development Command, and the Naval War College. School. In 2006, he was selected as a White House Vice Admiral Brice-O’Hara retired from the U.S. Coast Lieutenant Commander Armstrong was awarded the Fellow, where he worked on homeland defense and Guard in July 2012. During 37 years of active duty, 2013 Alfred Thayer Mahan Award by the Navy League counterterrorism policy in the White House. she achieved several firsts for women, but is most of the United States and is the 2013-14 Samuel Eliot proud to have been a role model and inspiration to all A frequently published and longtime USNI member, Morison Scholar with the Naval History and Heritage members of the service. he is the author of the Newly Commissioned Naval Command. Officer’s Guide (Naval Institute Press, 2009). Since At the time of her retirement she was the 27th 2012, he has led USNI’s Young Leaders Group, a Col Douglas G. Douds, USMC Vice Commandant, second in command and network dedicated to connecting rising leaders with Chief Operating Officer of the Coast Guard. Other the Institute that has contributed to more than 40 Colonel Douds is a faculty member at the U.S. flag assignments included: Deputy Commandant articles and one book by its members. Army War College teaching the Advanced Strategic for Operations; Commander, Fourteenth Coast Art Program seminar. He has served as a strate- Guard District; Director of Reserve and Training; ADM Richard W. Mies, USN (Ret.) gist and senior speechwriter in the Chairman’s Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District; and Director Action Group on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He com- of Personnel Management. Admiral Mies completed a distinguished 35-year manded a Marine fighter attack squadron in Iraq An Annapolis native, she graduated from Goucher career in the Navy and commanded U.S. Strategic prior to earning his master’s degree in strategic College in 1974. She holds advanced degrees Command for four years prior to retirement in studies from the U.S. Army War College in June from the Harvard Kennedy School and National 2002. He was a Senior Vice President of Science 2010. As an F/A-18 pilot, he has deployed multiple War College. Applications International Corporation from 2002 times, including two carrier deployments to the to 2007. He also served as the chairman of the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf and a Western Vice Admiral Brice-O’Hara serves on the Board of Department of Defense Threat Reduction Advisory Pacific deployment. He has completed the Marine the Coast Guard Foundation and the Coast Guard Committee from 2004 to 2010 and as chairman of Aviation Weapons and Tactics Instructor’s course, Academy Board of Trustees. the board of the Navy Mutual Aid Association from the Navy Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun), 2003 to 2011. VADM Nancy E. Brown, USN (Ret.) was the top honor graduate from the Amphibious He presently serves as the Chairman of the Warfare School, and received two bachelor of Vice Admiral Brown retired as Director, Command, Strategic Advisory Group of U.S. Strategic arts degrees, in political science and history, from Control, Communications, and Computer Systems, Command and Chairman of the Naval Submarine Wake Forest University. Colonel Douds is an avid The Joint Staff on 1 October 2009. She has served as League. He is a member of the Boards of historian and enjoys hosting educational tours of an Outside Director of Systematic Software, on the Governors of Los Alamos National Laboratory and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he resides. Board of Advisors for Enlightened Inc. and Kingfisher the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Systems Inc., and is currently the Vice Chair of the is a member of the Board of Directors of Babcock CAPT Stephen S. Erb, USN Board of Directors of the U.S. Naval Institute. and Wilcox, Exelon, and the U.S. Naval Academy Captain Erb grew up in a Navy family and is a 1992 Foundation. He completed postgraduate education Highlights of her career include command of graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, with a bach- at Oxford University, the Fletcher School of Law the Naval Computer and Telecommunications elor of science degree in computer science. and Diplomacy, and Harvard University. 68 UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE At sea, Captain Erb has served in the USS Tortuga Lieutenant Commander Gosnell was stationed In and served at the Incident Command Post Mobile, (LSD-46), USS Vicksburg (CG-69), as operations La Maddalena, Italy, at the Pentagon in OPNAV 513 Alabama. She holds graduate degrees from San Diego officer in the USS O’Kane (DDG-77), and on the Strategy and Policy, and served as speechwriter for State University and the U.S. Naval War College. Destroyer Squadron EIGHTEEN staff, where he was the Chief of Naval Operations. recognized as the Junior Officer Tactician of the LCDR James “Scott” Sharrow III, USN Her awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Year from COMCRUDESGRU TWELVE. He served Navy Commendation Medal (4), Navy Achievement Lieutenant Commander Sharrow is currently a stu- as executive officer of the USS Carney (DDG-64) Medal (2), Top Gunner Award, Navy League Award, dent at the College of Naval Command and Staff, and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) and commanded and various campaign and unit awards. She has U.S. Naval War College. After graduating from the the Chung-Hoon from May 2010 through November a master’s of engineering management from Old U.S. Naval Academy in 2003 with a bachelor of 2011. He has deployed to the Mediterranean, Dominion University and a master’s in international science degree in political science, he completed Persian Gulf, Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and security studies from Georgetown University. Lieu- nuclear power and basic submarine training, and South America, including two independent Western tenant Commander Gosnell is currently assigned reported to the USS (SSN-770) as the main Pacific deployments in command. Tucson to the U.S. Naval Academy as a political science propulsion assistant, chemistry and radiological Ashore, Captain Erb has served in the Office of the instructor. controls assistant, assistant engineer, and assistant Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff (J39), and FBI operations officer. Headquarters. In 2004 he earned a master of arts SgtMaj David L. Maddux Jr., USMC Following this tour, he served as operations officer degree in national security and strategic studies (with Sergeant Major Maddux currently serves as the at Deep Submergence Unit in San Diego where he distinction) from the Naval War College. He served Director of the Senior Enlisted Academy, Quantico, oversaw the completion of sea trials, fleet accep- as the 1st Battalion Officer, Officer in Charge of the Virginia.
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