Jamie McGrath
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Credentials
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion Engineer Officer
Naval ReactorsSep, 1994- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director, Rice Center for Leader Development
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Jul 2021 - Present
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Deputy Commandant for Third Battalion
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Sep 2019 - Oct 2021
Mentoring future Global, Ethical Leaders comprised of cadets from all three ROTC programs and the VTCC civilian-leader track.
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CIMSEC: Center for International Maritime Security
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United States
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Think Tanks
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Editor
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May 2019 - Present
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U.S. Naval War College
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United States
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Higher Education
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500 - 600 Employee
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Adjunct Professor
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Oct 2019 - Present
Professor for Naval War College in Joint Maritime Operations graduate-level distance education course provided to military officers of all services and to senior federal employees. Significant operational experience blended with extensive military classroom teaching history provides students with a rich professional learning experience online distance education platforms. Professor for Naval War College in Joint Maritime Operations graduate-level distance education course provided to military officers of all services and to senior federal employees. Significant operational experience blended with extensive military classroom teaching history provides students with a rich professional learning experience online distance education platforms.
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Naval War College
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Military Professor
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Jul 2017 - Aug 2019
- Senior Moderator for a seminar of twelve to sixteen senior military and government civilian students. Responsible for administering the class and moderating twenty 90-minute seminar sessions per semester including instruction, evaluation of student contributions, and evaluation of student-written assignments. Consistently high marks on student evaluations.- Led revitalization of a block of eleven seminar modules using student feedback and research of contemporary sources to improve student understanding and more effectively meet course objectives. - Published author writing on issues pertaining to naval warfare, both historical and current.- Speaker for community groups on current issues in the US Navy.- Chair of the Surface Navy Association Student Writing Award Committee.- Referee for peer review of articles for Naval War College Review- Fellow at the Hattendorf Historical Center for Maritime History- Sea Control Seminar leader for Prospective Commanders Course at Surface Warfare Officer School, fostering an improved relationship between the Naval War College and Surface Warfare Officer School.
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Joint Staff
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Chief, Joint Exercise Division
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Jun 2015 - Jun 2017
- Directed seven functional branches and nine exercise teams totaling over 160 personnel in planning, design, and execution of global joint military exercises including leading planning teams at exercise planning conferences in the US, Asia, and Europe- Led design and implementation of a Global Integration Exercise program to train Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, and Combatant Command leadership and staff in National Defense priority areas.- Developed and managed a "best practices" sharing system for global military exercises resulting in improved exercise planning and execution across nine major regional and global military commands.- Supervised execution of a $13M exercise support budget and contractor support effort including implementation of two separate $1.5M reductions without loss of customer support. - Coordinated efforts of training and assessment organizations across nine major joint military commands and five supporting divisions to ensure integrated execution of a global joint military exercise program. - Reinvigorated Joint Staff participation in the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Training and Education Group (BTEG) as Joint Staff senior representative and drove BTEG reorganization to better serve the BMD training community and the warfighter. - Advised Joint Staff Deputy Director for Joint Training on Navy personnel issues.
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US Navy
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United States
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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NAVEUR Liaison to EUCOM
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May 2012 - May 2015
- Served as the primary interface and liaison officer between a major joint military staff and its naval component, ensuring alignment of operations and planning, and advocating for naval component concerns and coordinating US naval actions with multi-national partners. Improving cross-directorate coordination by cutting across traditional staff boundaries to the benefit of all involved.- Highly effective, superb communicator with keen insight among widely varied organizations. Unparalleled ability to communicate Navy issues in the Joint environment.- Promoted increased cooperation by providing critical insight to Commanders on dynamics of both COCOM and Navy staff and leadership.- Supported international Allied engagement by reaching out to NATO Liaison officers at EUCOM to coordinate and enhance Navy participation in multi-national exercises.
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Assistant Reactor Officer on USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75)
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Jul 2009 - Feb 2012
- Oversaw training of a 400-person department, ensuring the quality of training by reviewing and approving lesson plans, monitoring training sessions, supervising the propulsion plant casualty control drill and engineering evolution programs including assuring application of lessons learned in follow-on training and exercises.- Spearheaded Reactor Department process improvement by analyzing data from nine separate audit and surveillance programs and developing appropriate corrective actions, contributing to the department's superb performance on multiple external programmatic and material inspections. - Prepared Truman Reactor Department for its biannual operating licensing inspection. In-depth knowledge of technical and operational requirements instrumental to ship’s flawless execution. The ship executed the inspection, with results above fleet average while deployed and conducting combat operations, the best performance of any carrier that year. - Investigated causes of a significant shipboard fire during a heavy maintenance period. Selected due meticulous attention to detail and ability to process a broad range of information to determine root causes. Critical analysis of the event resulted in significant process improvement to maintenance control. - Trained Command Duty Officer and Officer of the Deck (OOD) candidates on reactor plant operations and a prepared Surface Warfare Officer, OOD and Tactical Action Officer candidates for qualification through rigorous pre-board questioning and mentoring. - Managed ship’s Surface Warfare Officer Qualification Program ensuring timely qualification of over 20 Surface Warfare Officer candidates- Sought out additional qualification as Command Duty Officer (Underway) gaining Commanding Officer’s complete trust and confidence to supervise underway flight operations, an unprecedented achievement for a non-aviation qualified officer.
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Commander, Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron SEVEN
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Dec 2006 - Mar 2009
- Chief Operating Officer of a 280-person organization based in Guam, charged with providing force protection and security to logistics forces across the Pacific, Asia and the Middle East. Fostered relationships with Directors of over a dozen customer organizations to ensure complete support and efficient operations. Performed duties geographically separated from supervisors with their complete trust and confidence.- Exceptional understanding of intricate regional issues instrumental in successful cooperation and engagement with security forces of Southeast Asia in support of the Maritime War on Terror as well as multi-national security cooperation exercises. - Redesigned the unit training program by implementing cross-training responsibilities and assigning training support groups, maximizing unit level training and improving training quality across the organization. - Reorganized internal organizational structure, consolidating maintenance responsibilities to maximize material readiness, freeing security detachments to focus on training, mission planning, and execution.- Revised team deployment processes, streamlined mission instructions, and standardized mission assignment procedures to ensure personnel stability and more efficient support of customer requirements.- Fostered a spirit of volunteerism by partnering with Sinijana, Guam Mayor's office and empowering the staff to conduct a variety sister village/school cooperation activities providing creative outlets for sailors and improving community involvement. Over 3000 total volunteer hours by members of the unit- Effectively implemented lessons learned from multi-national security cooperation exercises into planning for next year’s exercises, including expanding Maritime Expeditionary Security Training Team (MESTT) role to include observing and critiquing host nation security teams conducting real-world force protection on arrival of participating warships.
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Director of Future Operations (N35) for COMSEVENTHFLT
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Sep 2004 - Aug 2006
- Coordinated future operations for the only US Forward Deployed Naval Force, supervising eight officers and coordinating staff preparation for over a dozen command post exercises. Played a key role in the execution of every critical operation in the Seventh Fleet area of responsibility during his tenure.- Led working groups at a Navy-wide doctrine development conference resulting in the implementation of the inaugural Integrated Air and Missile Defense doctrine.- Directed immediate and sustained response to Limited Defense Operations (LDO), keeping Seventh Fleet at the forefront Homeland Missile Defense execution from the Western Pacific. Detailed advanced planning of BMD operations allowed Seventh Fleet BMD units to immediately responded in support of real-world tasking, dynamically adapting the concept of operations to ensure continuous support. Led command-wide BMD Crisis Action Team in flawless mission execution. Lauded by Command, Pacific Command Operations Director as a leader in planning Joint/Combined operations. - Led planning and executing of Exercise Valiant Shield 2006 by developing exercise objectives, schedule of events and exercise structure including three carrier strike groups with 26 ships, 296 aircraft and over 22,000 sailors and airmen. - Personally and solely planned and executed PACOM-sponsored Joint Sea-Air Exercise (JASEX) 2005 with combined forces of US Seventh Fleet and US Air Forces Pacific. Responsible for day-to-day operations of over 150 exercise events involving over 15 ships, 75 Navy aircraft, and 35 Air Force aircraft implementing the Air-Sea Battle concept of operations. Lead Seventh Fleet planner for Exercise Ulchi Focus Lens with Republic of Korean navy forces, the inaugural Exercise Talisman Sabre in 2005 with a combined US-Australian task force, and Exercises Terminal Fury 2004/2005 where Seventh Fleet hosted Commander, Task Force 519 and served as the maritime component commander for the task force.
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Executive Officer of USS Halyburton (FFG 40)
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Mar 2003 - Aug 2004
- Coordinated the combined work of six department heads, each running teams of 20-50 Sailors in the areas of Combat Systems, Operations, Engineering, Aviation, Supply, and Training for a 220 person US Navy warship on deployment during wartime operations.- Responsible for supervision, certification, and execution of the ship’s Maintenance and Material Management (3M) program including review and approval of all 3M plans and preparing for the bi-annual 3M Inspection. - Led the ship’s Integrated Training Team, coordinating and synergizing Ship Handling, Combat Systems, Engineering, and Damage Control Training Team through a certification process, achieving all milestones ahead of schedule and leading to the award of the top ship in the squadron. - Supervised the Damage Control Training Team, ensuring ship-wide qualification and training of eight different shipboard emergency response teams to ensure ship’s certification to fight damage. Scheduled, planned, executed and evaluated shipboard emergency exercises ensuring satisfactory completion of over 50 periodically required events. - Mentored twenty junior officers, at ease sharing experiences and able to turn almost any situation into a learning experience. Gifted at passing skills to department heads and junior officers, inspiring success within the wardroom. - Deployed with NATO’s Standing Naval Forces Atlantic task force and worked closely with the British-led NATO staff. Developed excellent working relationships with Royal Navy Commodore, and personal staff, Portuguese Chief of Staff and Canadian Operations Officer. Engaged with counterparts on Royal Navy, Portuguese Navy, Italian Navy, Turkish Navy, Greek Navy and German Navy to build cooperation between ships and facilitated exchanges of officers and ideas among the task force.
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Reactor Electrical Assistant on USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75)
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Sep 1999 - Oct 2001
- Supervised five divisions with seven officers and over 200 Sailors in maintenance, training, and operation of electrical and reactor controls electronic systems of two Naval Nuclear power plants to ensure continuity of operations aboard a US Navy Aircraft Carrier. - Responsible for certifying qualification of watchstanders and maintenance personnel in throttleman, auxiliary electricians, reactor instrument watch, and electric plant operators. Reviewed and approved qualification standards and ensured continuous training for these watchstanders. - Earned top marks in material condition and program management during ship’s biannual operating licensing inspection. Qualified as Engineering Officer of the Watch three months ahead of schedule and led Reactor Combat Watch Team (CWT) One, awarded inaugural CWT Operational Excellence Award by the Reactor Officer. - Mentored and Supported over a dozen junior officers completing Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) qualification resulting in the ships becoming the first ever Atlantic Fleet aircraft carrier to earn the Gold SWO Pennant for 100% Surface Warfare Officer qualification.
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Operations Officer on USS Hayler (DD 997)
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Feb 1998 - Aug 1999
- Supervised four shipboard divisions’ execution of Communications, Operations, Deck Operations and Electronic Warfare consisting of four officers and over 100 enlisted personnel. - Supervised flawless operations of shipboard communications suite for three embarked Destroyer Squadron commanders and Fifth Fleet operations. - Most forward-thinking Tactical Action Officer. Directed first successful NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System stream raid live fire exercise by a Spruance-class destroyer. Flawless execution of national contingency strike operations and Operation Desert Fox. Oversaw over 20 visit, board, search and seizure operations in support of UN Sanctions against Iraq. - Personally selected by the Commanding Officer to supervise training and execution of certification of shipboard combat control teams in preparation for command deployment certification. - Led US planning efforts for Exercise Eastern Sailor 1998, a bilateral exercise with US and Qatar naval forces. - Trained eight junior officers in conning, piloting, mooring and anchoring. Coach for underway replenishment conning officers, ensuring over 30 mishap free underway replenishment events.- Restructured unit safety program, implementing a hazard abatement log and daily safety inspections improving overall safety readiness and reducing mishaps by over 50%.- Coordinated over 5000 ship’s maintenance items as ship’s Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) Coordinator, working with ship’s force, shipyard and contractors.- Drove ship’s operating schedule when presented with an unexpected change which drastically reduced available underway time, working tirelessly to maximize sea time to ensure ship met all required training and operational objectives.
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Div Dir, Officer Chemistry, Materials and Radiological Fundamentals at Naval Nuclear Power School
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May 1995 - May 1997
- Designated as a Master Training Specialist, consistently recognized as a top-notch instructor. Taught classes of approximately 30 students per session in Chemistry, Materials Science and Radiological Fundamentals as they relate to Navy Nuclear Power. Unique ability to describe complex technical concepts in a clear, concise manner.- Headed an academic office of nine instructors, managing teaching schedules, approving lesson plans, exams for up to six sections of students at a time. Led complete revision of the standard lesson plans and examination bank ahead of schedule.- Selected to teach Prospective Executive Officers (PXO) in a small group setting based on his proven teaching ability. Completely re-wrote the PXO Chemistry and Materials lesson and homework plans. - Provided academic counseling for 30 students across six classes, advising them on study skills and tutoring on subjects related to Navy Nuclear Power significantly improving student performance.- Performed superbly as Acting Director, Officer Department supervising 39 staff personnel and 280 students.- Led improvement in the Continuous Training Program for sea-returnee officers by incorporating fleet issues into the program and arranging guest subject matter experts.
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Damage Control Assistant on USS Mississippi (CGN 40)
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May 1992 - May 1995
- Integrated ship-wide qualification and training of seven emergency response teams to ensure ship's certification to fight damage. Reviewed and tracked over 30 different personal qualification standards for over 500 personnel. Scheduled, planned, executed, and evaluated damage control exercises and drills ensuring satisfactory completion of over 50 periodically required events each quarter. - Supervised a team of 20 personnel on maintenance of shipboard firefighting and damage control systems and repairs to hull and ships auxiliary systems. Supervised Damage Control Petty Officers across 20 ship-wide divisions performing maintenance on ship’s portable firefighting and lifesaving equipment. Received accolades from maintenance inspection team for exemplary completion and verification rate. Scheduled, planned, executed and evaluated damage control exercises ensuring satisfactory completion of over 50 periodically required events each quarter. - Selected as the primary officer of the deck for special ship-handling situations due to special trust and confidence of the Commanding Officer. - Qualified as a Surface Warfare Officer nine months ahead of his peers, an impressive achievement while simultaneously standing three section rotation as Engineering Officer of the Watch.- Qualified as a Naval Nuclear Engineer Officer by Director, Navy Nuclear Power Managed Quality Assurance of maintenance of shipboard installed firefighting and damage control systems, and repairs to hull and ships auxiliary systems, supervising a team of 20 maintenance personnel.
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Education
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Norwich University
Master of Arts (MA), Military History -
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Naval War College
Master of Arts (MA), National Security and Strategic Studies -
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University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Certificate of Completion, Navy Corporate Business Course -
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Nuclear Power School - Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC)
Certificate of Completion, Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology -
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Virginia Tech
Bachelor of Arts (BA), History
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