Career & Lifetime
- 1952-1969: Grew up in Navy family (father career officer), attended high school at Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, VA
- 1969-1971: Enlisted U.S. Navy Reserve
- 1971-1975: Midshipman, U.S. Naval Academy and member of the1972-1974 Navy football teams
- 1975-1979: Signed with NFL Detroit Lions (concurrent with US Navy)
- 1976-1978: Engineering officer in a warship
- 1978-1980: Naval Aviation training
- 1980-1989: F-14 Tomcat fighter pilot in various squadrons
- 1989-1990: Military Aide to President George H.W. Bush
- 1991-1994: Commanding Officer of Fighter Squadron 84 with combat deployments to the Balkans and Persian Gulf
- 1994-1995: Deputy Executive Assistant to Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Mike Boorda
- 1995-1997: Deputy Commander and Commander of Carrier Air Wing 1 with combat deployments to the Persian Gulf
- 1998-2000: Executive Assistant to Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jay Johnson
- 2000-2002: Deputy Director for Global Operations (J-3) on the Joint Staff during Operation Enduring Freedom
- 2002-2003: Commander Carrier Group 2/Commander Task Force 60 leading combat operations from the Mediterranean Sea over northern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom
- 2003-2005: Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Strategy (N3/5)
- 2005-2007: Commander U.S. 6th Fleet/Deputy Commander U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, Joint Command Lisbon (NATO)/Commander, Striking Forces NATO
- 2007-2008: Director, Navy Staff
- September 2008: Retired from the U.S. Navy; founded the NJS Group, a crisis communications and strategic planning consulting company
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