Dee Mewbourne


Dee Leon Mewbourne is a vice admiral in the United States Navy, serving as deputy commander of United States Transportation Command since July 2019. 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, Joint Forces Staff College and numerous executive educational courses.
Mewbourne’s command assignments include: Electronic Attack Squadron 139 aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Nashville, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Enterprise, USS Harry S. Truman, Naval Service Training Command, Carrier Strike Group 3, CSG-11, and Military Sealift Command.
At sea, Mewbourne completed sea assignments flying the A-6E Intruder aircraft in Attack Squadron 34 embarked aboard USS America ; VA-75 aboard USS John F. Kennedy ; Carrier Air Wing 3 aboard Eisenhower; and as the XO of VA-196 aboard USS Carl Vinson. 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.
Ashore, Mewbourne served as a flight instructor with VA-42, the East Coast A-6E Fleet Replacement Squadron, 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.

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