Expertise

Chris Wells is a recognized military leader with multiple endorsements from subject matter experts in military operations, national security, and operational planning.

EXPERIENCE:

July 2020 - Present: Director, Commander’s Action Group (Navy Expeditionary Combat Command)

March 2020 - June 2020: Executive Officer (Pre-Commissioning Unit TRIPOLI (LHA 7))

July 2019 - February 2020: Prospective Executive Officer Training Pipeline (Major Command)

November 2017 - June 2019: Director of Inspections (Board of Inspection and Survey)

November 2016 - October 2017: Commanding Officer (USS PONCE (AFSBi 15))

July 2016 - October 2016: Prospective Commanding Officer Training Pipeline

January 2015 - June 2016: Operations Officer (Expeditionary Strike Group 2)

August 2013 - December 2014: Commanding Officer (USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41))

March 2012 - July 2013: Executive Officer (USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41))

August 2011 - February 2012: Prospective Executive Officer Training Pipeline

April 2009 - July 2011: Operations Research Analyst/Initiative Evaluations Branch Chief (Joint IED Defeat Organization)

September 2007 - March 2009: Fleet Tomahawk Cruise Missile Strike Coordinator/Fleet Training Officer (Seventh Fleet)

February 2006 - August 2007: Weapons Officer/Anti-Terrorism Officer (Destroyer Squadron Fifteen)

August 2004 - January 2006: Combat Systems Officer/Anti-Terrorism Officer (USS TARAWA (LHA 1))

January 2004 - July 2004: Department Head Training Course

March 2002 - December 2003: Systems Engineering and Analysis Masters Degree Program (Naval Postgraduate School)

May 2000 - February 2002: Fire Control Officer/Anti-Terrorism Officer (USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70)

February 2000 - April 2000: AEGIS Combat Systems Training

January 1998 - January 2000: Deck Officer, Damage Control Asst, Electrical & Auxiliaries Officer (MCM Rotational Crew ECHO)

EDUCATION:

2019: Joint Professional Military Education Phase II (Joint Staff College)

2002 - 2003: M.S., Systems Engineering and Analysis; Joint Professional Military Education Phase I (Naval Postgraduate School)

1992 - 1996: B.S., English (U.S. Naval Academy)