Commander Brad Rosen of the United States Navy
Posted by Nancy Bresnahan
on May 31, 2011
Commander Brad Rosen is a native of New Jersey, but in his role as Naval officer he has lived in or been stationed in Pensacola, San Antonio, the Pentagon, El Salvador, Italy, Djibouti and of course, Jacksonville, the Navy’s most requested duty station. Highlights of his impressive bio include a Masters degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, his Weapons Tactics designation and his personal awards: the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal (Strike/Flight), Navy Commendation Medal, and Navy Achievement Medal, as well as various other campaign, service and unit awards.
Commander Rosen is currently serving as the “CEO” of NAS’s P-3 Squadron, which consists of 9 P-3 “turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance” 4-engine airplanes, 5 helicopters, 12 combat aircrews, 70 officers, 80 aircrew, 150 maintainers and 50 support personnel. Each P-3 has an 11-member crew: 3 pilots (2 fly while 1 sleeps), 1 tactical coordinator (Brad), 1 navigator/communicator, 3 sensor operators, 2 flight engineers and 1 in-flight technician, all of whom get to fly up to 120 hours per month. The P-3’s have a 12-hour flight profile and are outfitted to carry lightweight torpedoes, mines and anti-surface missiles. They carry out anti-sub warfare, intelligence operations, surveillance and reconnaissance in 6-month deployments; multi-site deployments are not uncommon. Current primary deployment sites: Sicily, El Salvador, Bahrain, Djibouti (counter-piracy operations!), and Okinawa. For the last 6 months of 2010, Brad was involved with the Joint Interagency Task Force carrying out the airborne aspect of the drug war in El Salvador. During that time, 80 metric tons of drugs with a street value of more than $2 billion were seized during the 303 sorties and more than 2,000 flight hours logged.
Sunsetters and guests thoroughly enjoyed Brad’s interesting and informative talk, and we greatly appreciate not only his willingness to spend the evening with us, but also for all he has accomplished in his young life for the good of our country.
Sunsetters and guests thoroughly enjoyed Brad’s interesting and informative talk, and we greatly appreciate not only his willingness to spend the evening with us, but also for all he has accomplished in his young life for the good of our country.