Edwin Bennett Email & Phone Number

Yorktown, VA, US

Virginia Beach VA / Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

• Officer in Charge Fujairah, United Arab Emirates Directly lead 62 personnel rotating through in UAE. Responsibilities included harbor defense and maritime force protection for high value US Navy assets in the region.
• Restructured a department of 187 people to best align talent with inexperienced Maritime personnel. This restructuring allowed for an efficient qualification process in a constricted timeline resulting in a fully.

Viginia Beach VA / Guam

• Senior Leader for MKVI craft company. Lead 100 personnel over 2 years and two deployments to Guam in support of Task Force 75 and all small craft operations in the pacific region with a focus on second island chain.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

• Responsible for building a fully qualified, certified, and competent department of over 100 personnel. Worked across multiple commands on both coasts to best manage qualification opportunities and deliver a highly.
• Worked closely with Huntigton Ingalls Industry planners and technicians on installation, testing and certifying new technology and how it interfaced with legacy systems and procedures. This ensured that all systems.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

• Responsible for planning, training standards, strategic concepts, intelligence, dissemination, and logistic support for nine Expeditionary Squadrons and one Forward Deployed Naval Force security detachment which.
• Managed a team of 50 military and civilian personnel in alloperations, curriculum development, and training for ten separate programs across the forces disciplines. Programs included: Maritime harbor defense and asset.
• Led a team of 12 liaisons working with Defense Contractors in conducting a Job Duty Task Analysis (JDTA) and Training Course Control Document (TCCD) encompassing all program areas within Maritime Operation executing.
• Staff planning team member for the implementation of the MKVI patrol craft into the force. Identified early training team member requirements, logistics conflicts and timelines to certification prior to delivery.
• Supervised, taught, and mentored over 2000 students across 3 active-duty Squadrons, two Reserve, and one Forward Deployed Embarked Security Detachment.
• Managed the yearly expenditure of 405,000+ rounds of ammunition, accountability for $15M in weapons, equipment, and repair & quality control parts.

Yorktown, Virginia, United States / Iraq / Columbia / Panama / Guatamala