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• Born in New Zealand in 1962
• Moved to California in 1964, then to Massachusetts in 1967.
• Moved to London in 1968, on the SS United States.
• Attended:
  • King Alfred school,
  • Colet Court (while Henry Collis was headmaster) and 
  • St. Paul's School, London

  Then:

  • St. John's College, University of Cambridge (BA in Natural Sciences).
• While at university, worked for:
  • IBM, UK Ltd
  • Data Connection Ltd
• Moved to Waynesboro, TN.  Substitute taught, including seventh and eighth grade math at Waynesboro Middle School
• Married Lee Ann, 1985
• Joined U.S. Navy in 1984, as a Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate.
  • Officer Candidate School (then in Newport, RI); commissioned 1985
  • Nuclear Power School, Orlando, FL
  • S8G Prototype at NPTU Ballston Spa
  • Guided Missile School, Dam Neck, VA
  • Submarine Officer Basic Course, at Submarine School, New London CT
  • USS Andrew Jackson, SSBN 619, until it was decommissioned at Charleston, SC
  • Shift Engineer and Production Training Officer at S1C Prototype, Windsor CT (since shut down)
  • Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (BS in Systems Technology (Joint C⁴I))
  • Submarine Officer Advanced Course
  • Combat Systems Officer on USS Scranton (SSN 756)
  • Combat Systems Officer at Submarine Squadron Six
  • Executive Officer (XO) on USS Baltimore (SSN 704), for decommissioning
  • Temporarily at Submarine Squadron Eight as an Assistant Deputy
  • XO on USS Trepang (SSN 674), for decommissioning
  • XO on USS Atlanta (SSN 712), for decommissioning
  • Deputy ACOS for Warfare Requirements and Readiness at Commander, Submarine Force, US Atlantic Fleet.
    • On 1 October, 2001 COMSUBLANT took on additional duties as Commander, Naval Submarine Forces for submarine force-wide policy.