BIOGRAPHY – 

Lieutenant Commander David A. Smith serves as the liaison between Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander and Navy Third Fleet Commander. Located at Third Fleet Headquarters in San Diego, CA, he is responsible for coordinating efforts to maximize interoperability between the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard in the Pacific Theater.

Lieutenant Commander Smith’s Coast Guard experience spans five afloat tours including command of a forward deployed Patrol Boat
in the Arabian Gulf, supporting the U.S Navy Fifth Fleet Central Command. As Commanding Officer, he was responsible for 25 personnel, a $135K annual budget, and $7.2 million in property.  While in Bahrain, he experienced multiple, potentially incendiary
encounters with Iranian warships, including one incident in which a Revolutionary Guard Corp Navy warship aggressively crossed his bow within 50 yards in an attempt to provoke a response. As a key contributor to the national intelligence dialogue, he validated illicit smuggling theories by exploiting engagements with local dhows while simultaneously disrupting efforts to smuggle high-grade explosives, automatic weapons, and ammunition. Under his leadership, his vessel was recognized during the 2015 Hopley Yeaton 
Cutter Excellence Award for exceptional performance, operational expertise, and value brought to the nation. While in Bahrain he also facilitated numerous meetings with senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) civilian and military officers. His liaison efforts led to the  first joint search & rescue exercises between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and UAE Coast Guard. 

Lieutenant Commander Smith’s staff tours included Command Duty Officer and Search & Rescue coordinator from 2010 to 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. He oversaw Coast Guard responses and coordinated rescues for distressed mariners on the Great Lakes. His  expertise in SAR earned him the highest proficiency score in 2013 from Coast Guard Yorktown’s standardization team. As the Evergreen Project Manager from 2016 to 2019, he led efforts to develop U.S. Coast Guard future scenarios that looked toward a 20 year horizon to identify departmental capability gaps. He also developed service wide strategies to include the Coast Guard’s Arctic  and Maritime Commerce Strategy. While in Washington, D.C. Lieutenant Commander Smith directly served the President of the United States and First Family as a White House Social Aide.  Lieutenant Commander Smith is a permanent Cutterman. His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Coast Guard Commendation Medal (three awards), the Coast Guard Achievement Medal, the Commandant’s Letter of Commendation Ribbon Bar (two awards), and various other unit and service awards.

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Lieutenant Christina Johns Williams is a native of Atlanta, GA. She earned a Bachelor of Science in History from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2012, and a Master of Science in Human Resources Development from Villanova University in 2018. She is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR).

LT Williams qualified as a Surface Warfare Officer on USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) during her first sea tour. While on board, she deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean in 2012 and 2014 in support of the Global War on Terrorism as the Main Propulsion Division Officer. She then transferred to Mayport, FL and served on USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) as the Main Engines Officer actively participating in Joint Task Force Matthew, humanitarian efforts in Haiti during the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in 2016.

Ashore, LT Williams serves as the Coordinator for the Secretary of the Navy Tours with Industry program at Navy Personnel Command in Millington, TN. As the SNTWI Coordinator, she facilitates the partnership with corporations that sponsor Navy service members for a year-long fellowship. The SNTWI participants learn best practices from their corporate sponsors and bring innovative ideas to the U.S. Navy. She also serves as the Program Manager for PERS-443 Talent Management Division. As the Program Manager, she drafts approval packages for the funding of Navy sponsored registrations at annual symposiums for the following affinity groups: Academy Women, National Naval Officer Association (NNOA), Sea Service Leadership Association (SSLA), and Association of Naval Service Officers (ANSO).

She transferred to the Human Resources Community in 2017. She will report for her first Human Resources assignment in 2019 at U.S. Fleet Cyber Command in Fort Meade, MD.

Her decorations include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards), various unit and campaign awards. She is a national member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the National Naval Officers Association (NNOA). She resides in TN with her husband, LT Tremayne Williams and daughter.

June 2019

Lieutenant Green first enlisted in the Coast Guard in July of 2000; his first assignment was AIRSTA Traverse City, in Traverse City, MI as a Fire Apprentice where he decided to strike Electrician’s Mate (EM). He then enrolled in EM “A” school Feb. 2002. After graduating “A” School, his Coast Guard career as an EM led him to the CGC Spar (Kodiak, AK), Sector Boston (Boston, MA), First District Aton Training Team (Boston, MA), ANT Sitka (Sitka, AK), CGC Roanoke Island (Homer, AK), and finally CGC William Flores (Miami Beach, FL). In Dec. of 2014, LT Green was commissioned through the Direct Commission Engineer program in C4IT.

LT Green’s first assignment as a Commissioned Officer was at Command, Control, Communications, & Engineering Center (C3CEN) Command & Control Product Line division in January of 2015 as the Project Manager for Unclassified Common Operational Picture (UCOP). UCOP allows the Coast Guard, DoD, & 13-partner agencies to share crucial law enforcement & other tracking data between agencies in real time. This system was crucial during the 2016 inauguration. Secret Service & all other agencies used the system to provide protection to the estimated 250k spectators, Congress, and the President.

In July of 2017, LT Green received orders to Coast Guard Cyber Command in Washington, D.C. As the Deployment & Vulnerability Management Teams lead, LT Green is responsible for the patching & daily operations for a team of 9 personnel administering and maintaining services for CG’s enterprise security tools directly supporting CG’s IT cybersecurity & compliance efforts; Host Based Security System (HBSS), Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS), and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. His teams provided operational support for CG’s IT security & compliance efforts; maintained security baseline for over 65K managed devices & supported 104 servers necessary to perform network scanning & analysis of over 72K network assets.

As of May 2019, LT Green now leads Coast Guard Cyber’ s Compliance & Orders Branch where he is responsible for ensuring that the Coast Guard’s information technology network is secure and compliant to Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) & DoD standards. This is critical to the protection of the Coast Guard Enterprise Mission Platform and key cyber terrain.

BIOGRAPHY – 

Captain Brimm is the 2018 NNOA Golden Pen Award winner and former Camp  Pendleton /Miramar chapter president.  Captain Brimm enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2006.  Captain Brimm checked into II Marine Expeditionary Force Special Operations Training Group (SOTG) in September 2006.

Captain Brimm served as a Supply Chief, Assistant Non-Lethal Weapons Instructor and Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor at SOTG from 2006 to 2009, being meritoriously promoted twice.
He was then transferred to 2d Marine Logistics Group, Combat Logistics Regiment 27. During his time with Combat Logistics Regiment 27, he served as Platoon Sergeant, Supply Chief and Supply Admin Chief from 2009 to 2010. He was then selected for the Marine Corps Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP) and began studying at Fordham University, while attached to State University of New York Maritime College Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Captain Brimm graduated The Basic School in 2013, followed by Supply School in 2014. He then checked into 1st Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB) in February 2015 to serve as the Battalion Supply Officer. During his time with 1st CEB, he supported three MEU rotations and revamped the internal controls and training program. He also provided Supply Support for the first ever Engineer Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation which was dispersed across three geographical locations and two states.

In December 2016, Captain Brimm reported to 5th Marine Regiment to serve as the Regimental Supply Officer. Shortly after checking in, he was selected to serve as the Command Element Supply Officer for the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force. He was the action officer for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle modernization program. He also served as the action Officer for Operation “Fighting Weight” which resulted in a 10 percent Marine Air Ground Total Force (MAGTF) reduction in principal end items to optimize the Commander’s Equipment Density List. He improved the SPMAGTF-CR-CC 16.2’s overall Supply System Readiness (SSRI) by 40 percent. This involved planning, supervising and executing the retrograde of $2 Million in gear from three Central Command (CENTCOM) countries supported by the SPMAGTF back to I MEF.

In March 2017, Captain Brimm reported to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion from 5th
Marine Regiment. Since his arrival to 1st LAR Bn. Captain Brimm managed the budget execution of the battalion as well as an additional $1.5 million in funds excess to day to day budget of $2.2 million with no errors. He developed, staffed and implemented Battalion SL-3 policy in order to improve combat readiness and accountability, resulting in savings of over $300,000. The efforts of his Marines have contributed to an average maintenance readiness of 92%, the highest of the 23 Battalions in the Division. During this time he also served as a membership director and then chapter president of the Camp Pendleton/Miramar chapter.

Capt Brimm reported to The Basic School, Quantico VA in August of 2018 to serve as a Warfighting Instructor. His current duties include teaching student Lieutenants Warfighting, with an emphasis on ethics, combat life-saving and the foundations of Officership. He also currently serves as the scholarship chair for the Quantico NNOA chapter.