Dr. Peter D. Haynes, Captain, Usn (Ret.) Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Tx

Navy Yard, Washington Dc

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Dr. Haynes specializes in great power competition, U.S. and Chinese maritime strategy, the future of high-end conventional (and irregular) warfare, Joint Operational Access, Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD), Multi-Domain Operations (MDO), U.S. Special Operations, and counterterrorism (CT). Active TS and SCI-Eligible.Responsibilities: Be a thought leader. Market and lead cutting-edge research projects. Lead multi-disciplinary teams. Author studies on U.S. defense policy, strategy, and future warfare concepts and capabilities. Network with academia, research institutions, innovation offices, technology incubators, and the Services’ future warfare centers.Select Achievements:- Project lead and author of THE U.S. NAVY AND THE FUTURE OF SEA CONTROL: THE COMPETITION FOR GLOBAL ACCESS IN AN ERA OF MARITIME GREAT POWER COMPETITION WITH CHINA. The Office of Net Assessment-sponsored $235K project included two workshops with experts on U.S. naval strategy, China, A2/AD, MDO, electronic warfare and cyber. It examined U.S. and Chinese strategic approaches to sea control, what key competitions might emerge, how the Navy should leverage its advantages, and what warfighting approaches, concepts, capabilities, and technologies it needs. - Co-author of RESTORING AMERICAN SEAPOWER: A NEW FLEET ARCHITECTURE FOR THE U.S. NAVY. Senator McCain kicked off its release on Capitol Hill. - Co-author of REGAINING THE HIGH GROUND AT SEA: TRANSFORMING THE U.S. NAVY’S CARRIER AIR WING FOR GREAT POWER COMPETITION. - CSBA’s expert on SOF, US CT operations in the Middle East and Africa, and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD). Over twenty TV and print interviews.- Key member of two Defense Advanced Research Products Agency (DARPA) projects: 1) Mosaic Warfare uses kill webs of rapidly recomposable manned/unmanned forces with human command and AI-machine control. 2) POSYDON sought to reduce the risk to U.S. submarines in contested A2/AD areas by using unmanned vehicles.

Macdill Afb, Tampa, Fl

Responsibilities: Be a thought leader in the SOF community. Lead 14 officers, civilians, and contractors and led 30-person project teams to develop the commander’s guidance, high-priority organizational strategies, and warfighting concepts on the 4-star-led, 3,000-person staff. Engaged with academia, research institutions, think tanks, innovation offices, and technology incubators.Select Achievements:- Project lead of the commander’s ENSURE FUTURE SOF READINESS Design Team. Of the five teams that represented the first major initiative of the new commander (GEN Votel), this team represented his #1 priority for his tenure. Tasked to develop a roadmap for the SOF force of 2035. Led team of 1 three-star admiral, (deputy commander), 1 two-star general (J8 director), 4 SESs (including directors of R&D and Acquisition and Force Management and Development), and 25 support staffers for six months.- Project lead/author of the commander’s cornerstone strategic document—SOCOM 2035: THE COMMANDER'S STRATEGIC GUIDANCE for SOF’s 70,000 personnel and SOCOM’s $10B budget. Analyzed the security environment, US defense policy, and SOF’s needs. Worked closely with Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), SOF Service components, and the Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs). - Project leader of 12-person team that participated as SOF’s reps for four months in developing the 2014 QDR. Worked closely with the commander (ADM McRaven) in authoring the 20-page talking points paper for the commander and reps. - SOF’s lead for the Joint Staff’s JOINT OPERATIONAL ACCESS CONCEPT (JOAC) Working Group and brainchild behind the SOF OPERATIONAL ACCESS Concept. - Led the 10-person teams that assessed the administration’s new CT policy and the implications of shifting responsibility for CMWD from U.S. Strategic Command to SOCOM. - Led the commander’s 2015 research project with Yale University on terrorists’ innovative use of social media.

Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (Africa)

Responsibilities: Lead 37 Navy, Marine Corps, and Army officers, 1 British army colonel (deputy), and 4 civilian Ph.Ds in a combat zone on the two-star-led, 460-person staff in developing strategies and campaign plans, managing the commander’s key engagements, and working with U.S. Africa Command J5 and US embassy-based diplomats, attachés, and USAID officials, and the Services' and SOF's components to build partner nations’ capacities particularly for CT, maritime security, crime, piracy, and food insecurity. Select Achievements:- Led development of CJTF-HOA’s first strategy and campaign plan as the “supported” U.S. military command in East Africa/Horn of Africa tasked with planning/directing all U.S. military operations (including CT), exercises, and security assistance in the region—the #1 priority of the commander (MG R.O Baker). Worked closely with US Africa Command J5 and Special Operations Command -Africa (SOCAF). - DoD’s lead in working with Ambassador Swan, U.S. Special Representative to Somalia (based in Kenya), to develop the State Department’s Security Assistance program for Somalia.- Worked with Kenyan military leaders and plans officers in developing Kenya’s campaign plan against al-Shabab terrorists and insurgents in Somalia. - Led development of EAST AFRICA 2025 white paper; highlighted region’s importance as an area of great power competition with China. Praised by GEN Ham, head of U.S. Africa Command. - Developed, executed, and assessed the first Key Leader Engagement (KLE) strategy for the commander. Led staff preparations for his KLEs and develop his trip binders for trips in Africa, Europe, Western Indian Ocean, and United States. - Spearheaded inaugural conference with allies to coordinate CT security assistance efforts in East Africa/Horn of Africa.- Acting Chief of Staff when the CJTF-HOA chief of staff was on travel/leave.- Awarded Defense Superior Service Medal; highest possible peacetime medal for an O-6.

Navy Staff (Opnav), Pentagon, Washington Dc

Responsibilities: Lead nine field-grade Navy officers, one GS14, and one Marine Corps lieutenant colonel in: 1) Developing strategic and Joint operational concepts; 2) Designing the CNO’s annual Title 10 wargame; 3) Managing N3/N5’s annual $6M analytical studies plan with the Center for Naval Analyses; and 4) Act as the “strategic listening post” for the CNO and the three-star deputy CNO for N3/N5 by networking with war colleges, research institutions, think tanks, and future warfare centers. Select Accomplishments:- Co-project lead and co-writer of the influential JOINT OPERATIONAL ACCESS CONCEPT (JOAC), which represented the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's guidance on how the Services will organize conceptually and materially to address emerging A2/AD challenges from China and Russia. The JOAC was the umbrella document for the AIR-BATTLE concept and Army’s and Marine Corps’ MDO concept. - Led the establishment of N3/N5’s first Strategic Communications cell. Hand-selected to attend a three-week course in Monterey, CA taught by professors from the Naval Postgraduate School and the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.- Wrote the OSD-approved Strategic Communications plan for the inter-service AIR-SEA BATTLE concept.- Spearheaded the design of CNO’s Global 11 Title X wargame to explore operational access challenges.- Managed the $6M annual analytical studies plan with the Center for Naval Analysis.- Restarted the annual Global N5 Conference that brings together all the Navy's strategists. - Brainchild behind the successful August 2011 “American Grand Strategy and Seapower Conference” in Washington DC.

Monterey, Ca

Responsibilities: Get a doctorate in preparation for being assigned to the only Ph.D-billet in the Navy’s strategy community—the chief of the Strategy and Concepts Branch (N513) in OPNAV.Select Accomplishments:- First selectee for OPNAV N3/N5's new Doctoral Program in Security Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School. This is the Navy's only Ph.D program to educate members of its 400-person strategy community. The program had averaged one Navy selectee every other year. - Defended his 134,000-word dissertation, entitled “American Naval Thinking in the Post-Cold War Era: The U.S. Navy and the Emergence of a Maritime Strategy, 1989–2007,” shortly before being posted to Africa for 14 months. - First Navy officer to graduate from the program (in June 2013—after he returned from Africa). - A trailblazer, he worked with the sponsor (OPNAV N3/N5) and the school’s dean to redesign the curriculum, making it a three- vice two-year program, which included developing a curriculum and teaching a master’s degree class.

Navy Staff (Opnav), Pentagon, Washington Dc

Commander Haynes, who volunteered to fill this key billet for four months while awaiting the start of his doctoral program, directed 12 Navy officers and civilians in in providing strategic analysis and policy recommendations to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and three-star head of N3/N5, developing the CNO’s capstone strategic document which included his strategic guidance and force structure priorities, developing strategic concepts, analyzing strategic trends, participating in the Services’ high-level war-games, managing the Strategy Community's education and fellowship programs, and managing the establishment of the Navy's Foreign Area Officer Program. - He spearheaded the final development and vetting of the CNO’s 2006 “Navy Strategic Plan.”

Nas Point Mugu, Ca

As the squadron's commanding officer, Commander Haynes led 170 personnel in flying and maintaining 4 x $130M aircraft E-2C Hawkeye Command and Control aircraft and managing a $5M annual operating budget during a 7-month round-the-world deployment on USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) to the Persian Gulf to support Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in the summer of 2005. The squadron supported U.S. Army convoys and security patrols under fire and IED attack in Central Iraq during the three most violent months since the invasion. Before that, as the squadron’s Executive Officer (the squadron’s second-highest officer), he was a part of the squadron’s 8-month deployment in 2003 on board USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) to the Western Pacific. - In support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he flew 31 combat sorties as was designated Strike Lead for Dynamic Strikes as well as for Air Defense. - His squadron was ranked first among the air wing’s seven squadrons in retention (88%) and advancement (32%). - Squadron was awarded U.S. Pacific Fleet Retention Excellence Award. - Squadron was awarded the VAW community’s highest award—the warfighting-oriented CNO’s Airborne Early Warning Excellence (as well as the CNO's Safety Award). - During the 2005 deployment, the squadron flew 200-mishap free combat sorties over Iraq, and spearheaded tactical initiatives improvements in support of U.S. Army convoys and security patrols. - His squadron filled gaps in coverage by E-8 JSTARs. He also executed Operation Iraqi Freedom’s first-ever exchange between reps from a carrier air wing, E-8 JSTARs squadrons, and Multi-National Corps-Iraq.- He delivered a 98% sortie completion rate, 870 flights hours, and 200 sorties in support of OIF. - His squadron broke the VAW community’s record for flight hours on a deployment—all mishap-free.- Spearheaded community efforts to fix the debilitating fleet-wide E-2C Tow Link issue.

Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington Dc

Commander Haynes was responsible for advising the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of the Strategic Planning and Policy (J5), a three-star U.S. Army general, on U.S. policy on Ukraine and Russia, and managing DoD’s security cooperation programs with the Ukrainian and Russian militaries. - He led the planning and execution and prepared numerous position papers for two high-level U.S.-Ukraine Joint Staff Talks (both in Kiev) and two U.S.-Russia Joint Staff Talks (one in Moscow, one in Washington DC). - He was the brainchild behind first high-level strategic wargame with a former-Soviet republic—Ukraine.

Nas Point Mugu, Ca

Lieutenant Commander Haynes led 120 personnel in maintaining 4 x $130M aircraft carrier-based E-2C Hawkeye Command and Control aircraft and managing a $4M maintenance budget for one 6-month deployment to the Persian Gulf. - The squadron flew 104 combat sorties off the USS Constellation in 72 days enforcing No-Fly Zone over Iraq. - He personally flew 53 sorties (5 designated “combat”) enforcing the No-Fly Zone in supporting Operation Southern Watch. - His squadron was ranked #2 of 7 air wing squadrons in retention rate, and won CNO’s Safety Award.

Lieutenant Haynes was selected for the highly competitive OPNAV N3/N5-sponsored Masters’ Program in the two-year Strategic Planning curriculum. He graduated “with distinction” and a 4.0 GPA, and was also a recipient of the Superintendent’s Thesis Award.

Bahrain

Lieutenant Haynes was responsible for developing/executing all aspects of the three-star commander’s daily schedule and travel. He planned and executed 51 trips to 16 countries in 21 months throughout the Middle East, Europe, and the United States for key leader engagements including with five heads of state. He coordinated visits of one former U.S. president, two Secretaries of Defense, two Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a Navy Secretary, and hundreds of other distinguished foreign and U.S. visitors.

Nas Miramar, San Diego, Ca

As the E-2C Plus Program Manager and Schedules Officer, Lieutenant Haynes was responsible for managing the schedule of a land-based, 18-plane and 400-person training squadron and a $8M operating and a $500,000 simulator budget. - He was awarded Naval Flight Officer Hawkeye of the Year—the community’s highest individual award. - He was hand-picked as the first E-2C Plus Program Manager. He developed the curriculum and class material for 5 instructional phases and taught 80 students in the new aircraft ensuring a successful introduction. - He coordinated scheduling and developed long-term instructional plan for 50 students at a time enrolled in 5 different syllabi flying 3 different types of aircraft and using 2 different simulators.

Nas Miramar, San Diego, Ca

Lieutenant Haynes was responsible for managing the operational mission requirements for 30 aircrew flying 4 x $130M aircraft carrier-based E-2C Hawkeye Command and Control aircraft and managing a $5M operating budget during two 6-month deployments. - The squadron flew 1,400 hours during 43 days off USS Ranger in support of Operation Desert Storm. - He personally flew 43 combat sorties and 170 combat flight hours. - He was awarded the Air Medal with Combat “V” for bravery during USS Ranger’s first strike mission over Iraq on the opening day of Operation Desert Storm, January 17, 1991. - He was also awarded the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat “V” for bravery during USS Ranger’s first strike mission on the opening day of the coalition’s ground offensive, February 24, 1991.- During 1989 Cold War six-month deployment on USS Ranger to the North Arabia Sea and East Asia, he intercepted 7 Soviet reconnaissance bombers and 20 fighters, and prosecuted 4 Soviet submarines.

Pensacola, Fl And Nas Miramar, San Diego, Ca

Student.

Bachelor’S Degrees, 1) History; And 2) The Arts And Letters Program For Business Administrators.

Activities and Societies: Member of the Notre Dame swim team, Naval ROTC, and was a volunteer for Special Olympics events.The Arts.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Security Studies. Graduated In June 2013.

1. Dissertation: "American Naval Thinking in the Post-Cold War Era: The U.S. Navy and the Emergence of a Maritime Strategy, 1989-2007.".

Master’S Degree, National Security Affairs: Strategic Planning Curriculum. Graduated "With Distinction" And 4.0 Gpa., Awarded The Superintendent’S Thesis Award.

1. Master's Thesis: "American Culture, Military Services' Culture, and Military Strategy." Abstract: Self-knowledge is critical.

Master Of Arts - Ma, National Security Affairs (Strategic Studies Curriculum), 4.0

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Security Studies