The Executive Officer

Biography

COMMANDER JOHN HERMAN

United States Navy 

   Commander Herman is a native of Highspire, Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Navy in 1983. After completion of Basic Training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois and brief training at Nuclear Power School, he was accepted to the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island in 1984.

  Upon graduation and commissioning from the United States Naval Academy in 1989, Commander Herman was assigned to USS ROBISON (DDG 12) as Gunnery Officer from December 1989 to September 1991. He was then ordered to USS TRIPOLI (LPH 10) where he served in Operations Department from October 1991 to May 1993. His first shore assignment was as Naval Gunfire Support Instructor at Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Pacific from June 1993 to June 1995.

  Following completion of the Department Head Training in Newport, Rhode Island in December 1995, he served as Operations Officer on USS ANCHORAGE (LSD 36) and as Combat Information Center Officer on USS PELELIU (LHA 5).  In April 1999 he reported for his second shore assignment as an instructor at the Surface Warfare Officer School in Newport, Rhode Island where he taught Amphibious Doctrine to Department Head Students.

  In March 2001, Commander Herman attended the Naval War College where he earned a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. After graduation, Commander Herman again returned to sea as the Executive Officer of USS OAK HILL (LSD 51) followed by a tour as the Operations Officer on USS BATAAN (LHD 5) from April 2004 to May 2006.  Commander Herman is now the Executive Officer of the Navy ROTC Unit at the University of Notre Dame. 

  His personal decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (4 awards), and the Navy Achievement Medal (2 awards).