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United States Merchant Marines Board of Visitors

Biographical Data

Born:                           N/A
Commissioned:           1983
Education:                   U.S. Naval Academy 1982, Colorado State University MBA
Career:                        Public service (U.S. NAVY 1983-Present)
Family:                        N/A

Organizational Profile

Military Sealift Command

The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command is the premier provider of ocean transportation to the Department of Defense. The command operates approximately 110 non-combatant, civilian-crewed ships that replenish U.S. Navy ships, conduct specialized missions, strategically preposition combat cargo at sea around the world and move military cargo and supplies used by deployed U.S. forces and coalition partners

Military Sealift Command exists to support the joint warfighter across the full spectrum of military operations.

MSC safely operates, supplies, and maintains the ships that provide logistics support, conduct special missions, move military equipment, supply combat forces, provide humanitarian relief, and strategically position combat cargo around the world

Personal Profile

Mewbourne’s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (seven awards), Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), Air Medal with Combat “V”, Strike/Flight Air Medal (two awards) and various other personal and unit awards and campaign medals. While at the Naval Academy, he received the Carl Vinson Leadership Award. 

Mewbourne has deployed supporting Operations El Dorado Canyon, Provide Comfort, Deny Flight, Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, Enduring Freedom and the 2006 Lebanon War. He has accumulated over 3,600 total flight hours in over 50 various aircraft and over 1,000 arrested landings on 14 carrier decks