Northcentral University

Excelsior University

Woodrow Wilson Senior High School

TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN

Town Councillor

Quonset Development Corporation

Director

J2 Research & Analysis, LLC

Consultant

Supporting the Maritime Staff Operators Course (MSOC) within the College of Maritime Operational Warfare (CMOW), United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. MSOC is the first program offered in the Naval War College's Professional Military Education (PME) series. MOSC was designed to prepare officers and senior enlisted personnel for their assignments in Maritime Operational Centers (MOCs). Curriculum objectives include building competency in maritime warfare, managing information flow, and exercising operational-level functions such as command and control, intelligence, movement and maneuvers, fires, and protection.

Network and Simulation Technologies Inc.

Operations Specialist

Consulting Technical Training Specialist assigned to the Seapower Whole Life Engineering Services Department, Whole Life Engineering Directorate, of Raytheon Integrated Defense System's Engineering Cross Business Team.  Responsible for the development and delivery of instructor-led mission system training curriculum used for difference training for the pre-commissioning crews of Zumwalt class guided missile destroyers.

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

Consulting Technical Training Specialist

Principal Systems Engineer supporting architecture and system engineering efforts for multiple Raytheon programs and pursuits.

Principal Systems Engineer with Honors

Limited Duty Officer (Surface Operations) and Surface Warfare Officer (SWO)/Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) qualified Lieutenant (O-3E), United States Navy, assigned to the staff of Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force (COMOPTEVFOR), Norfolk, Virginia.  Responsible for all aspects of planning, execution, and reporting of operational testing and evaluation (OT&E) for Navy command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting (C5ISR&T) systems.  Directly managed the OT&E efforts for the Global Command and Control System - Maritime (GCCS-M); the Joint Service Imagery Processing System - Navy (JSIPS-N); and the Distributed Common Ground System - Navy (DCGS-N) (Formerly known as the Joint Fires Network (JFN) system) acquisition programs.  Supported the OT&E planning, execution, and reporting of other Navy C5ISR&T systems, as directed.  Represented COMOPTEVFOR's test and evaluation interests at Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) led Joint Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Capstone Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) Working Group and Global Command and Control System (GCCS) Working Group meetings.  Awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (6th Award) for services performed during this assignment.  Retired from the U.S. Navy in October 2003.

US Navy

Operational Test Director

Limited Duty Officer (Surface Operations) and Surface Warfare Officer (SWO)/Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) qualified Lieutenant (O-3E), United States Navy, assigned to the USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57) homeported in San Diego, California.  Deployed to the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) and the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) areas of responsibility with the ship as a member of the USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) carrier strike group.  Stood inport and underway watches as a qualified Officer of the Deck (OOD), Command Duty Officer (CDO), Combat Information Center Watch Officer (CICWO), Force Air Defense Coordinator (FADC)/Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO), and Tactical Action Officer (TAO).  Performed collateral duties as the Assistant Operations Officer (AOPS).  Awarded two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals (4th & 5th Awards) for service performed during this tour.  Transferred to Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force (COMOPTEVFOR) for duty as an Operational Test Director (OTD).

Air Defense Officer

Limited Duty Officer (Surface Operations) and Surface Warfare Officer (SWO)/Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) qualified Lieutenant (O-3E), United States Navy, assigned to the Aegis Training and Readiness Center, Dahlgren, Virginia for training enroute assignment as Air Defense Officer, USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57).  Completed Aegis Combat System Officer (CG 47-58) and Force Air Defense Warfare Courses.

Student

Limited Duty Officer (Surface Operations) and Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) qualified Lieutenant (O-3E), United States Navy, assigned to the Joint Maritime Facility (JMF), St. Mawgan. United Kingdom.  Directly supervised the daily tactical operations performed by a bi-national watch team comprised of 27 American and British acoustic analysts from the U.S. Navy, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force.  Also assigned as the telecommunications officer.  Directly managed 28 American Information Technology Specialists (Radiomen) responsible for processing all message traffic, communications security (COMSEC) equipment, and the operations and maintenance of terrestrial and celestial communications trunks. Performed duties as the command's Information System Security Manager (ISSM)/Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO).  Qualified and an Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) officer.  Awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (3rd Award) and Mavy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3rd Award) for superior performance during this tour.  Transferred to USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57) for duty as Air Defense Officer.

Tactical Watch Officer

Limited Duty Officer (Surface Operations) and Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) qualified Lieutenant (Junior Grade) (O-2E), United States Navy, assigned to the staff of Commander, Carrier Group FIVE (CCG-5/CTF-70) embarked in the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) homeported in Yokosuka, Honshu, Japan.  Provided general supervision and coordination over 10 U.S. Navy ships assigned to the Forward Deployed Naval Force (FDNF).  Supervised the daily operations of the Tactical Flag Command Center (TFCC).  Stood inport and underway watches as a Flag Duty Officer and Assistant Flag Watch Officer.  Led efforts to improve interoperability between coalition naval forces and Joint forces assigned to the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) area of responsibility.  Deployed with the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) carrier strike group to the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility in support of Operation Southern Watch. Awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2nd Award) for superior performance during this period.  Transferred to the Joint Maritime Facility (JMF), St. Mawgan, United Kingdom.

Staff Combat Information Center (CIC) Officer

Naval Academy Preparatory School

Operations Seaman Apprentice (OSSA/E-2) to Operations Specialist Chief Petty Officer (OSC/E-7).  Served in a variety of sea billets in U.S. Navy destroyers and cruisers, including USS KINKAID (DD 965), USS CONOLLY (DD 979), USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51), and USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47).  Qualified as an Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS).  Selected for commissioning as a Limited Duty Officer (Surface Operations). Commissioned as an Ensign (O-1E) on December 1, 1993.

Matthew McCoy