Page Content Rear Admiral John B. Mustin
Deputy Commander
 Rear Adm. John B. Mustin is a native of Virginia. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Weapons and Systems Engineering and was commissioned in 1990. He holds a Master of Science in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and a Master of Business Administration (cum laude) in Finance and Management from the F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. He earned his Joint Professional Military Education from the Air University’s Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base.
His initial sea duty assignment was aboard USS Vincennes (CG 49), where he served as combat information center officer and the Independence (CV 62) Battle Group’s air warfare commander and later as navigator. Subsequent sea duty assignments include a tour as the pre-commissioning operations officer on USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), where he served as the Navy’s first underway Regional Air Defense commander during the All Services Combat Identification Evaluation Team exercise.
Affiliating with the Navy Reserve in 2001, Mustin served as assistant operations officer at Battle Group Staff 2 in support of USS George Washington (CVN 72) Strike Group during Operation Enduring Freedom. Other staff assignments include tours as the training department head (N7) Navy Reserve (NR) Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy (N3/N5) at the Pentagon Navy Command Center; deputy commander and plankowner at Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 14; operations officer (N3) at NR Carrier Strike Group 10 in support of USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) Strike Group; and executive officer at Personnel Mobilization Team 101.
His command tours include NR Joint Staff South; NR U.S. Fleet Forces Command Maritime Operations Center, Greensboro, North Carolina; NR MSRON-6 in Portsmouth, Virginia; and Inshore Boat Unit 22, including a mobilization to Kuwait during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Additionally, he served for two years as the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Navy Reserve Enterprise director, responsible for the reserve manning, training and equipping of the projected 1000-billet LCS surface reserve force.
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