Graduation Ceremony OCS Newport Class 11-25

100 Students in Officer Candidate School, Class 11-25, at Officer Training Command Newport, participate in their graduation ceremony at Naval Station Newport. Rear Admiral (RADM) Dean VanderLey, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command/ Chief of Civil Engineers, serves as guest speaker for this event.
RADM Dean VanderLey is a native of Tacoma, Washington. He is a Calvin College graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and received his commission from the U.S. Navy’s Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island in 1991. He holds a Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.
After entering the Navy through the nuclear submarine training pipeline, RADM VanderLey served on USS Michigan (SSBN 727), in various division officer positions from 1993-1996.
His facilities and staff tours include (not limited to) planning officer, Navy Installations Command; executive assistant to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment); public works officer, Naval Station Norfolk; Civil Engineer Corps head detailer; deputy commander for operations, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic; vice commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic.
He previously commanded Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic and held duties as fleet civil engineer, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic; and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four. Most recently, he commanded Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific and held duties as Fleet Civil Engineer and N46, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
His decorations include the Legion of Merit (four awards), Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal (six awards), Navy Commendation Medal (three awards), Navy Achievement Medal (four awards), Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Commendation Ribbon, and Iraq and Afghanistan Campaign Medals.
Officer Training Command Newport develops civilians and fleet Sailors into newly commissioned officers morally, mentally, and physically while also instilling them with the highest ideals of honor, courage, and commitment for service in the fleet as Naval officers. BZ Team!

Видео Graduation Ceremony OCS Newport Class 11-25 канала DGS_OnYouTube