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Bio for RDML Dwyer:
Rear Adm. Daniel W. Dwyer is a native of Alameda, California, and a 1988 graduate of the California Maritime Academy where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation and a third mate's license in the U.S. Merchant Marine. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, and holds master's degrees in Foreign Affairs and Strategic Studies, and Computer Information Science.
Dwyer received his Wings of Gold in March 1992 with orders to fly the F/A-18C in Lemoore, California.
He previously commanded Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, a Forward Deployed Naval Forces Super Hornet squadron assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63); Provincial Reconstruction Team Asadabad, Kunar Province, Afghanistan; VFA-106 the East Coast F/A-18A-F Fleet Replacement Squadron; CVW-8 aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77); and CVW 17 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
Other at sea and ashore assignments include two tours with VFA-151, TOPGUN Class 97-1; F/A-18 Tactics instructor at Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific Lemoore; Hornet air combat placement officer (Pers-433a) Naval Personnel Command Millington, Tennessee; director Regional Outreach (CJ9) Headquarters, Commander, International Security Assistance Force Kabul, Afghanistan; and director of Aviation Officer Distribution (Pers-43) Naval Personnel Command Millington.
As a flag officer Dwyer was the chief of staff and assistant chief of staff for Strategy, Resources and Plans for Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S. Naval Forces Africa and for Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet in Naples, Italy.
Dwyer commanded the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group from June 2018 to July 2019, which consists of over 7,000 dedicated and talented Sailors across nine ships, including USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), six guided missile destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 23, and 80 aircraft of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11. He assumed command as Chief of Naval Air Training in July 2019.
Dwyer was the 1997 Commander Strike Fighter Wing Pacific Adm. Wesley McDonald Junior Officer of the Year and his personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Air Medal Strike/Flight, Combat Action Ribbon, Battle E (three awards) and has accumulated over 3,500 F-18 flight hours, and over 1,100 carrier arrested landings on 11 different aircraft carriers.
Bio for RDML Dwyer:
Rear Adm. Daniel W. Dwyer is a native of Alameda, California, and a 1988 graduate of the California Maritime Academy where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation and a third mate's license in the U.S. Merchant Marine. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, and holds master's degrees in Foreign Affairs and Strategic Studies, and Computer Information Science.
Dwyer received his Wings of Gold in March 1992 with orders to fly the F/A-18C in Lemoore, California.
He previously commanded Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, a Forward Deployed Naval Forces Super Hornet squadron assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63); Provincial Reconstruction Team Asadabad, Kunar Province, Afghanistan; VFA-106 the East Coast F/A-18A-F Fleet Replacement Squadron; CVW-8 aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77); and CVW 17 aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
Other at sea and ashore assignments include two tours with VFA-151, TOPGUN Class 97-1; F/A-18 Tactics instructor at Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific Lemoore; Hornet air combat placement officer (Pers-433a) Naval Personnel Command Millington, Tennessee; director Regional Outreach (CJ9) Headquarters, Commander, International Security Assistance Force Kabul, Afghanistan; and director of Aviation Officer Distribution (Pers-43) Naval Personnel Command Millington.
As a flag officer Dwyer was the chief of staff and assistant chief of staff for Strategy, Resources and Plans for Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S. Naval Forces Africa and for Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet in Naples, Italy.
Dwyer commanded the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group from June 2018 to July 2019, which consists of over 7,000 dedicated and talented Sailors across nine ships, including USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), six guided missile destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 23, and 80 aircraft of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11. He assumed command as Chief of Naval Air Training in July 2019.
Dwyer was the 1997 Commander Strike Fighter Wing Pacific Adm. Wesley McDonald Junior Officer of the Year and his personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Air Medal Strike/Flight, Combat Action Ribbon, Battle E (three awards) and has accumulated over 3,500 F-18 flight hours, and over 1,100 carrier arrested landings on 11 different aircraft carriers.
