

His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal (two awards), Legion of Merit (three awards), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards), as well as many unit and campaign awards. In 20, he completed the Submarine Command Course.īuchanan assumed his duties as commander, Submarine Group TEN in September 2022. Joint Forces Command aide to the Director, Naval Reactors action officer (OPNAV N513) and an intern on the Joint Staff (J5) and recently as deputy director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy, U.S. Naval Academy executive assistant to the Director of the Joint Staff lead shipbuilding program analyst (OPNAV N80) officer-in-charge and operations officer, Commander, Task Force 54 Detachment Bahrain special assistant to Commander, U.S. His staff assignments included duty as commandant of midshipmen at the U.S. He also served aboard the USS Asheville (SSN 758) as a division officer USS Florida (SSBN 728) (GOLD) as engineer officer and USS Norfolk (SSN 714) as executive officer. His operational assignments included command of Submarine Squadron 20, in Kings Bay, Georgia and USS Albany (SSN 753) in Norfolk, Virginia. He holds a Master of Science in Information Technology Management from George Washington University. Naval Academy with a degree in Systems Engineering. He is a native of Vallejo, California and a 1992 graduate of the U.S.
