A native of Bakersfield, California, Captain House was commissioned through Officer Candidate School. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration/Accounting from Old Dominion University, Masters in Human Relations from Oklahoma University, and is an Acquisition and Supply Distribution 810 Program graduate from The George Washington University, holding a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.
His sea duty assignments include Materiel Officer, USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) where he completed a Persian Gulf deployment and Supply Officer, USS NORMANDY (CG-60) where he completed a Norwegian Sea, South Atlantic, Southern Mediterranean, and Indian Ocean deployment as the Standard NATO Maritime Group One Battle Group Supply Officer for a six-ship battle group, completing NATO’s inaugural circumnavigation of the African continent. Additionally, he served as Supply Officer, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73), earning consecutive Blue “E” Supply Excellence Awards, the Commander, Pacific Fleet Admiral Stan Arthur Award Nomination, and the Navy and Marine Corps Peer Leadership Award.
Shore duty assignments include an overseas assignment as Officer in Charge and Disbursing Officer, Naval Air Station Keflavik Iceland; Afloat Services Officer, US Fleet Forces Command; joint assignment as Policy, Plans and Budget Execution Officer, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Headquarters; Branch Head, Common Systems, Integrated Weapon Systems Team, NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Command, Philadelphia; Branch Head, Logistics – Lifecycle Supply Chain Operations (OPNAV N412), Chief of Staff for Director, Logistics Division (OPNAV N4L), Director, Naval Sustainment System Supply (NAVSUP HQ) and Assistant Commander for Supply Chain Management, Policy and Performance (NAVSUP 04).
His Global Support Assignment includes a one-year tour as the Logistics Officer for Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa where he earned the Vice Admiral Robert F. Batchelder Award.
House is a Joint Qualified Officer, Naval Aviation Supply Corps Officer and Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer and is a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps holding Business Financial Management and Life Cycle Logistics Level III certifications. His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), Joint Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (eight awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards), and various unit and service awards.
Cynthia Brown, a Texas Native, has been the Executive Director since November 2021 after having served as Supply Management Director (Code 400) at NAVSUP FLC Norfolk since 2018 where she provided management of Hazardous Material Control & Management (HMC&M); Regional Naval Mail Center Operations/Training; Personal Property Support Operations; Warehousing Services; Submarine Logistics Support, NAVFAC Material Management; Fuel operations; Special Material Supply and Regional Transportation for 21 locations across 13 states in the Mid-Atlantic and NDW Regions.
Prior to this assignment, she served as NAVSUP FLC Norfolk deputy Code 500, providing oversight of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) P&S for NAVSEA Supervisor Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP) New Construction (NC) vessels and fleet vessels undergoing, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) availabilities, Intermediate Maintenance (IM) and Total Ship Readiness Assessments (TSRA), as directed by PEO Ships, TYCOM, Mid-Atlantic Region Maintenance Center (MARMC), NAVSUP, and NAVSEA. She supervised Advance Traceability and Control (ATAC) Activity function for Depot Level Repairable (DLR) material, Records Custodian for aircraft and marine engines under the physical custody of DDNV, Container Reutilization and Refurbishment Center, Material Handling Equipment (MHE), Realtime Reutilization Asset Management and Information Technology Support for NAVSUP FLC Norfolk.
Ms. Brown was the enterprise Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Product & Service (P&S) lead at NAVSUP Global Logistics Support (GLS) directing and overseeing the NAVSUP FLC ILS functions and locations including at Regional Maintenance Centers (RMC) and Supervisory Ship Building Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP).
In her civilian career with BAE Systems, she was the Program Manager and Performance Excellence Director, she managed over 15 large scale improvement projects annually and led the company to achieve the World’s first 'trans-continental' Software Engineering Institutes’ Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) accreditation resulting in new contracts and increased profit. She received two Chairmen's Awards for her superior performance.
She holds several numerous commercial certifications, including Project Management Professional (PMP) and Performance Consultant and is a member of the Project Management Institute and American Production and Inventory Control Society.
She enlisted in the Navy as an Air Traffic Controller and achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Her duty assignments included the USS Tarawa (LHA 1), NATTC Pensacola Florida, NALF San Clemente Island, NAS Millington and NS Rota, Spain earning her Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist qualification and her military awards included Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Navy Fleet Marine Force Ribbon, and various campaign and unit awards.
Captain Kiflu is Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk’s Executive Officer. A native of Los Angeles, California, he earned his commission in 2003 through the Limited Duty Officer program after 16 years of Enlisted service and advancing to Disbursing Clerk Senior Chief Petty Officer. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration in Acquisition and Contract Management from the Naval Post Graduate School. Kiflu’s sea duty assignments include Supply Officer on USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN-73 and USS ANZIO CG-68. He also served on USS NIMITZ CVN-68, USS CARL VINSON CVN-70, USS CONSTELLATION CV-64, USS PROTEUS AS-19, and Sea Control Squadron Three Five (VS-35). During those tours he made multiple deployments in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom also participating in Indigo Serpent and Counter-Piracy operations. Ashore, he served as Executive Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Procurement overseeing enterprise wide acquisitions and conducting portfolio analysis on the Navy’s most complex shipbuilding and weapons systems procurements; Contracting Officer, Defense Contract Management Agency at Raytheon Tucson with unlimited warrant managing 28 major weapons programs at ACAT I and II level; Carrier Readiness Officer, Rotary Wing Readiness Officer, and Platform Logistics Officer on the N41 Staff at COMNAVAIRLANT. Additionally, he served on the J-4 Staff for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa as the Operations Readiness and Transportation Officer in support of GWOT and special detail assignments. Kiflu is a qualified Naval Aviation and Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer. He is a member of the Acquisition Professional Corps and has Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III certification in Contracting, Level I in Life Cycle Logistics, and has completed Joint Professional Military Education Phase I. His personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (seven awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards), and various campaign and unit awards.
Command Master Chief Jorge A. Reyes-Velez, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, graduated from San Pedro Martir High School in May 1988. He enlisted in the United States Navy and reported for Basic Training at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, Illinois in June 2000. Upon completion he reported to Aviation Electricians Mate “A” school in Pensacola, Florida.
His first assignment was to Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, where he served as a quality assurance representative on P-3C aircraft electrical, navigation, and instrument systems. He then attended Automated Electrical Component Test System (AECTS) operator and maintainer “C” school in Cherry Point, North Carolina, in-route to his assignment with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 24 in Kanehoe Bay, Hawaii. During his tour he served as production controller, and avionics department leading petty officer (LPO).
He then reported to Patrol Squadron (VP) 40 in Oak Harbor, Washington, where in 2009 he was appointed to the rank of chief petty officer. His assignment included: electrical branch chief, maintenance chief, and quality assurance supervisor. Following this assignment he served at Officer Training Command Newport (OTCN), Rhode Island, as a recruit division commander where he led nine Officer Candidate School divisions, two Officer Development School classes, and one Direct Commissioning Officer Indoctrination class on becoming naval officers. He then reported to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 in support of Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 where he was selected to the command senior chief program in 2017.
Command master chief tours include Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific, Atsugi, Japan, in support of C7F, NAVAIR, and Commander Fleet Readiness Centers. USS Cole (DDG 67) in support of USFF, COMSURFLANT, and DESRON 28. He currently serves onboard NAVSUP FLC NORFOLK. Master Chief Reyes-Velez is a graduate of the Navy’s Senior Enlisted Academy (Class 184) and Command Master Chief/Chief of the Boat course. He has earned a baccalaureate degree from Hawaii Pacific University in business administration.
His personal awards include: Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (five awards), Iraqi Campaign Medal (two awards), Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, and various other unit and campaign awards.
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