Dee Mewbourne

Dee Leon Mewbourne (born December 9, 1961) is a vice admiral in the United States Navy, serving as deputy commander of United States Transportation Command since July 2019.[1][2] He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1982 and was designated a naval flight officer in December 1983. He later earned a master’s degree in business administration from Colorado State University. He is an honor graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and completed the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program, Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), Joint Forces Staff College and numerous executive educational courses.

Dee Leon Mewbourne
VADM Mewbourne as Deputy, USTRANSCOM
Born (1961-12-09) December 9, 1961
Ormond Beach, Florida
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service1982–present
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands heldMilitary Sealift Command
Carrier Strike Group 11
Carrier Strike Group 3
Naval Service Training Command
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
USS Enterprise (CVN 65)
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
USS Nashville (LPD-13)
VAQ-139
Battles/warsGulf War
AwardsNavy Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (7)

Mewbourne’s command assignments include: Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Nashville (LPD 13), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, CSG-11, and Military Sealift Command.

At sea, Mewbourne completed sea assignments flying the A-6E Intruder aircraft in Attack Squadron (VA) 34 embarked aboard USS America (CV 66); VA-75 aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67); Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 aboard Eisenhower; and as the XO (executive officer) of VA-196 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). After transitioning to the EA-6B Prowler aircraft, he served as the executive officer of VAQ-139 aboard Abraham Lincoln. He also served as the executive officer on USS George Washington (CVN 73).

Ashore, Mewbourne served as a flight instructor with VA-42, the East Coast A-6E Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), and project officer at the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate. Later, he served as military assistant and trip coordinator for the secretary and deputy secretary of defense; chief of staff for Navy Cyber Forces; on the staff of Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic; and director, Maritime Operations for U.S. Fleet Forces Command.

Awards and decorations
Naval Flight Officer
Navy Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit with one silver and one gold award stars
Meritorious Service Medal with four award stars Air Medal with Combat V, one bronze service star and bronze Strike/Flight numerals 2 Joint Service Commendation Medal
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with award star Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with award star Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Navy Unit Commendation Coast Guard Unit Commendation with "O" device Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Navy "E" Ribbon with three Battle E devices Navy Expeditionary Medal National Defense Service Medal with service star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with service star Southwest Asia Service Medal with service star Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Armed Forces Service Medal Humanitarian Service Medal
Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with one silver and four bronze service stars Navy Accession Training Service Ribbon NATO Medal for the former Yugoslavia
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) Navy Rifle Marksmanship Ribbon Navy Pistol Sharpshooter Ribbon
Command at Sea insignia
United States Transportation Command Badge
  • While at the Naval Academy, he received the Carl Vinson Leadership Award.
  • Upon completion of initial flight training in the A-6E Intruder at VA-42 in 1985, he was selected as the Replacement Bombardier/Navigator of the Year.
  • In 1987, he was selected as the East Coast A-6 community’s Junior Intruder of the Year.
  • In August 2012, he was awarded the Truman Foundation Leadership Award for inspirational leadership.
gollark: Right now the solution for fast-charging phones seems to just be to dump ridiculous amounts of power into the batteries, which seems kind of bad?
gollark: Supercapacitor-based phones would be neat, if they can get them to about the same energy density as current stuff somehow.
gollark: I think right now degrading batteries are a significant issue.
gollark: I mean, most of these "smart"er cars probably have wireless features of some sort, and probably zero budget spent on security.
gollark: I worry that cars with increasingly complex software will also end up with security problems.

References
  1. https://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=677
  2. https://www.ustranscom.mil/cmd/leadership.cfm?thisview=TCDC
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