Recruiting

WASHINGTON (Dec. 12, 2024) The honor guard parades the colors during the commissioning ceremony of The Strike Group at the U.S. Navy Memorial Plaza in Washington, D.C. The Strike Group is a cutting-edge, multi-scenario, mobile mixed-reality experience that represents the latest innovation in the realm of U.S. military recruiting using leading-edge VR, providing users with a fully immersive, hands-...[Read More]

LANDOVER, Md. (Dec. 14, 2024) Commander, Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) Rear Adm. Jim Waters, right, and Deputy Commander, NRC, Rear Adm. Dave Barnes, left, interact with kids visiting The Strike Group, the Navy’s newest mobile, mixed reality recruiting asset, prior to the 125th Army-Navy Football game at Northwest Stadium. The Army-Navy football game is one of the oldest and most storied contests ...[Read More]

Captain Mark Moran is a native of Rochester, New York, and enlisted in the Navy in 1988 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Captain Patrick Copeland is a native of Manchester, Connecticut and received his commission in 2000 through the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ROTC program, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in mechanical engineering

CDR Roger D. Phelps Jr. was born in Subic Bay, Philippines, and grew up in San Diego, CA and Jacksonville, FL. He entered the Navy in July 1992 after graduating from high school.

In November 2024, Captain Todd S. Levant took over as the Deputy Commodore of Navy Recruiting Region East. He is native of Chicago, Illinois, commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School as a Surface Warfare Officer in 2000.

Captain Tommy L. Edgeworth is a native of Pageland, SC enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March 1987 attending basic training in Great Lakes, Illinois, followed by Aviation Boatswain’s Mate A-School in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Commander Amelia Hueter is from Tampa, FL. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Fordham University and was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Program in 2009.

CDR Joel Strong is a native of Topsham, ME. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Miami University in Oxford, OH and was commissioned an Ensign through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps in 2006.

Commander Trimble was raised in Des Moines, Iowa and in 2002, he commissioned as a Navy Reserve LDO designator 6125.  While serving in the Navy Reserve, Commander Trimble served as the Reserve OIC for USS Frank Cable AS-40 DET B, Reserve Commanding Officer of NR NSF Whidbey Island and NR NSF Bremerton.  In 2014, Commander Trimble redesignated to TAR HR.  As a TAR HR Officer, Commander Trimble comm...[Read More]

A native of Evansville, Indiana, Commander Skiles was commissioned in 2006 through the NROTC program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.