Navy biography - 30 years of service

1. REAR ADMIRAL BRIAN NELSON MCCARTHY
SUPPY CORPS, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
Rear Admiral Brian McCarthy was selected to the rank of Rear Admiral (LH) in November
1992 and assigned to the Defense Logistics Agency as the Assistant to the Deputy
Director, Material management and Commander of the Defense Logistics Agency’s
Contingency Support Teams. In addition, he had flag oversight for the Navy’s
Expeditionary Fuel Operating Units.
Rear Admiral McCarthy received a BS degree from Oakland University in 1967 and an
MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1972. He was
commissioned Ensign in August 1967 upon completion of Officer Candidate School in
Newport Rhode Island. He is a graduate of the Navy Supply Corps School, Naval War
College (Strategy & Policy and Defense Economics) and the Armed Forces Staff College
(JOPS).
On active duty, he served as the Material Support Officer, Commander Cruiser Destroyer
Force U.S. Pacific Fleet and as Supply & Disbursing officer USS BUCK (DD-761), which
conducted operations off the coast of Vietnam. His active duty training assignments
have included Transportation Management School, Ships Parts Control Center, Naval
War College, Naval Supply Center Oakland, Defense Distribution Depot Oakland, Naval
Regional Contracting Center Naples, Italy, Assistant Secretary of the Navy S&L, NAVSUP
Headquarters, CINCLANTFLT, CINCPACFLT, Chief of Naval Operations (N41), Defense
Logistics Agency Headquarters and served on the Captain/Commander and Lieutenant
Commander/Lieutenant Reserve Supply Corps Selection Boards. He was an active
participant in numerous naval and joint forces wargames at the Naval War College
Newport Rhode Island, Fort Lee, Virginia, and Fort Pickett, Virginia.
Rear Admiral McCarthy has been affiliated with numerous units in the Naval Reserves
and has served as Commanding officer of DDDO HQ B320, NR DCASR LA 1120, and NR
PHIBBASE FDS 1613, as Executive Officer of NSC HQ A 120 and served on the staff of
Commander, Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region Twenty as Deputy Director
Logistics and as the Internal Review Officer (IG).
Rear Admiral McCarthy twice served on the Board of Directors of the Navy Supply Corps
Association and is a former Executive Vice President of the San Francisco Bay Area
Supply Corps Association. He is a qualified Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer and his
personal awards include; the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
(second award), Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars (third award), Joint
Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with gold start (second award), Navy
Achievement Medal and various other campaign and service medals.
In his civilian occupation he is the Managing Partner & CEO of the Southfork Companies,
a commercial real estate development and management company. He is married to the
former Valerie Lojewski of Cleveland, Ohio, has three grown daughters Amanda, Kelly,
and Meghan and son Conner who is currently attending school in California. Rear
Admiral McCarthy lives with his wife in Sarasota, Florida.
Revised 8/10

2. REAR ADMIRAL BRIAN NELSON MCCARTHY 1967 - 1996
SUPPY CORPS, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
Rear Admiral Brian McCarthy was selected to the rank of Rear Admiral (LH) in November
1992 and assigned to the Defense Logistics Agency as the Special Assistant to the Principal
Deputy Director ($12 billion in annual revenues and 60,000 employees at the time I was at
DLA), Deputy Commander, Defense Fuel Supply Center and Force Commander of the
Defense Logistics Agency’s Contingency Support Teams where he commanded 2,500 troops
for joint expeditionary logistics for Hurricane Andrew, Desert Storm, Somalia, Rwanda and
Haiti. In addition, he had flag oversight for all the Navy’s Expeditionary Fuel Operating
Units.
Rear Admiral McCarthy received a BS degree from Oakland University in 1967 and an MBA
from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1972. He was
commissioned Ensign in August 1967 upon completion of Officer Candidate School in
Newport Rhode Island. He is a graduate of the Navy Supply Corps School, Naval War
College (Strategy & Policy and Defense Economics) and the Armed Forces Staff College
(JOPS).
On active duty, he served as the Material Support Officer, Commander Cruiser Destroyer
Force U.S. Pacific Fleet [COMCRUDESPAC] where he automated the Casualty Reporting
Systems for the Surface Fleet for the Pacific Fleet. He was then assigned as the Supply &
Disbursing Officer USS BUCK (DD-761), which conducted operations off the coast of
Vietnam. He was one of four department heads on a ship with a compliment of 12 officers
& 250 enlisted. The BUCK won WESTPAC ship of the Year during his tour of duty. The Food
Service Department won best mess afloat in the Pacific Fleet and runner up for the Ney
Award, as Best Small Ship Mess in the Navy.
The Navy spearheaded a drive in the Mekong Delta to isolate and destroy the weakened
Communist forces during 1968 -1969. The SEALORDS (Southeast Asia Lake, Ocean, River,
and Delta Strategy) campaign was a determined effort by U.S. Navy, South Vietnamese
Navy, and allied ground forces to cut enemy supply lines from Cambodia, and disrupt
operations in his base areas deep in the Mekong Delta. In support of the SEALORDS
Lieutenant Junior Grade McCarthy was attached to a patrol squadron of 50-foot Swift fast
patrol craft (PCF), armed with .50-caliber machine gun, an 81-millimeter mortar and capable
of 28-knot speeds, which formed the core of the Navy's Coastal Surveillance Force.
His active duty training assignments have included Transportation Management School,
Ships Parts Control Center, Naval War College, Naval Supply Center Oakland, Competition
Advocate General of the Navy, Naval Military personnel Command, Armed Forces Staff
College – National Defense University, Defense Distribution Depot Oakland, Naval Regional
Contracting Center Naples, Italy, Defense Fuel Supply Center, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy S&L, NAVSUP Headquarters, CINCLANTFLT, CINCPACFLT, Chief of Naval Operations
(N41), Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters and served on the Captain/Commander and
Lieutenant Commander/Lieutenant Reserve Supply Corps Selection Boards. He was an
active participant in numerous naval and joint forces war games at the Naval War College
Newport Rhode Island, CINCLANTFLT Norfolk Virginia, Fort Lee, Virginia and Fort Pickett,
Virginia.
Revised 8/10

3. Rear Admiral McCarthy has been affiliated with numerous units in the Naval Reserves and
has served as Commanding Officer of Defense Distribution Depot DDDO HQ B320, NR
Defense Contract Administration Services Region DCASR LA 1120, and Amphibious Base NR
PHIBBASE FDS 1613, as Executive Officer of Naval Supply Center NSC HQ A120 and served
on the staff of Commander, Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region Twenty as Deputy
Director Logistics and as the Internal Review Officer (IG).
Rear Admiral McCarthy twice served on the Board of Directors of the Navy Supply Corps
Association and is a former Executive Vice President of the San Francisco Bay Area Supply
Corps Association. He is a qualified Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer and his personal
awards include; the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster (second award),
Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars (third award), Joint Commendation Medal,
Navy Commendation Medal with gold start (second award), Navy Achievement Medal and
various other campaign and service medals.
He is married to the former Valerie Lojewski of Cleveland, Ohio, has three grown daughters
Amanda, Kelly, and Meghan and son Conner who is attending school in California. Rear
Admiral McCarthy lives with he and his wife in Sarasota, FL.
Revised 8/10

4. REAR ADMIRAL BRIAN NELSON MCCARTHY 1967 - 1996
SUPPY CORPS, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
[Continued]
Naval Air Station Cecil Field
Successfully redesigned the logistics infrastructure of this Naval Air Station improving
operational efficiency and delivery response time by 35% and saving the navy $20
million/annum according to GAO.
NAS Cecil Field was the largest military base in the Jacksonville, Florida area. The complex
consisted of 22,939 acres. Squadrons from NAS Cecil Field were aboard every Atlantic Fleet
aircraft carrier deployed to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conflict. The first Atlantic
Fleet Squadrons to fly the A-7 Corsair II, the FA-18 Hornet, the S-3A and S-3B Viking, and
the ES3 Shadow were all based at NAS Cecil Field. Cecil Field squadrons again made history
during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, marking the final combat deployment for
the A-7E Corsair II and the first combat operations for the S-3B Viking.
The aviation infrastructure located on the Base includes four runways [The North/South
runways consists of one runway which is 12,500 feet and one which 8,000 feet. The
East/West runways are each 8,000 feet in length], eight hangars, which total over 750,000
square feet of space; 537,000 square yards of ramp space; a control tower; and aviation
fueling systems. In addition to these facilities, the station features aviation maintenance and
training facilities, which include flight simulators, jet engine test cells, avionics repair
facilities, and classrooms.
Desert Storm/Shield
Principal Logistics Planner during DESERT STORM/SHIELD Chief of Naval Operations [N4]
and Commander, Defense Logistics Agency Contingency Support teams. As in previous
large logistic support operations during World War II, the Korean conflict and the Vietnam
War, more than 90 percent of the heavy equipment, ammunition, fuel and other supplies for
DESERT SHIELD/ STORM were carried by sealift. The strategic sealift mission included both
surge shipping during initial mobilization and resupply or sustainment shipping.
As in previous large logistic support operations during World War II, the Korean conflict and
the Vietnam War, more than 90 percent of the heavy equipment, ammunition, fuel and
other supplies for DESERT SHIELD/ STORM was carried by sealift. The strategic sealift
mission included both surge shipping during initial mobilization and resupply or sustainment
shipping.
Within one month of mobilization 100 Military Sealift Command [MSC] controlled ships were
supporting DESERT SHIELD. More than 100,000 U.S. military personnel and their equipment
had been deployed to Saudi Arabia and the surrounding area in the first 30 days. Sea
control-- assured from the outset by the U.S. Navy --made possible the safe rapid
deployment of MSC ships and assured the availability of required civilian charter vessels at
reasonable rates.
Revised 8/10

5. By mid-December more than 180 ships were assigned to or chartered by MSC. The entire
sealift operation had already transported nearly 7 billion pounds of fuel and 2.2 billion
pounds of cargo --moving more cargo farther and faster than any other time in history.
Additional reinforcement of DESERT SHIELD forces --saw 220 ships come under MSC
control. Winter storms and nearly 40-foot seas did not slow the largest sealift effort since
World War II. By March, an average of 84 million pounds of cargo was arriving in Saudi
Arabia daily. That average is even more impressive when contrasted with the 57 million
pound daily average during the 37-month-long Korean conflict and the 33 million pound
daily average to the Pacific theater during World War II.
In the last week of December, dozens of ships loaded U.S. Army equipment in Northern
European ports. MSC moved more than 2,000 tanks, 2,200 armored vehicles, 1,000
assorted helicopters, hundreds of self-propelled howitzers and other equipment for the
Army alone. Hundreds of additional aircraft, trucks and other combat equipment were also
transported for the Marines and Air Force. Ironically-- but perhaps not surprisingly --only
4.4% of the dry cargo moved by sealift went to support naval forces. That total included
tons of equipment for three Navy Fleet Hospitals, including ambulances, generators and
other support gear. During DESERT SHIELD/ STORM, MSC also moved nearly 12 billion
pounds of fuel and hundreds of millions of pounds of ammunition.
With the exception of the allied invasion of Normandy, during which-- after two years of
preparation --more than 20,000 vehicles and more than 176,000 troops assaulted five
beaches in two days, sealift for DESERT SHIELD/STORM, with no prior buildup at all,
represents the largest sealift to a single theater in the history of warfare. It was also the
farthest, with the average voyage covering nearly 8,700 miles.
Sealift moved 2.4 million tons of cargo during the first six months of DESERT SHIELD. By
comparison, that is more than four times the cargo carried across the English Channel to
Normandy during the D-Day invasion and more than 6.5 times that of the peak force build-
up during the Vietnam War during a similar period. On 2 January 1991, at the peak of the
DESERT SHIELD deployment, MSC had 172 ships underway.
QUICK FACTS:
Defense Logistics Agency [DLA]
Fiscal Year 2009 revenues of nearly $38 billion would put DLA at #61 on the Fortune 500
list, ahead of companies like American Express, DuPont and Coca Cola.
• Employs about 25,000 civilians and military employees.
• Supports nearly 1,600 weapon systems.
• Manages eight supply chains and nearly five million items.
• Administers the storage and disposal of strategic and critical materials to support
national defense.
• Operates in 48 states and 28 countries.
• Processes 8,000 contract actions and 111,000 requisitions a day.
• Manages 25 distribution depots worldwide.
• Has the third largest storage capacity of the top 50 distribution warehouses behind
FedEx and UPS.
Revised 8/10

6. • A leader in DOD's efforts to supply the military services with alternative fuel and
renewable energy solutions.
• Supports humanitarian relief efforts at home and abroad [FEMA].
• Provides logistics support to other federal agencies.
• Fiscal Year 2009 Foreign Military Sales of about 1.5 billion, supporting 115 countries.
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OpNav].
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the senior military officer in the Navy. The CNO is a
four-star admiral and is responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the command,
utilization of resources and operating efficiency of the operating forces of the Navy and of
the Navy shore activities assigned by the Secretary.
A member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CNO is the principal naval advisor to the President
and to the Secretary of the Navy on the conduct of war, and is the principal advisor and
naval executive to the Secretary on the conduct of naval activities of the Department of the
Navy. Assistants are the Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO), the Deputy Chiefs of Naval
Operations (DCNOs) and a number of other ranking officers. These officers and their staffs
are collectively known as the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OpNav). I worked for
The Director for Material Readiness & Logistics [N4].
Naval War College, Newport RI
I was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal by the Secretary of the Navy for designing
and implementing the first war game with logistics constraints. While most of my work is
still classified, my logistics systems have had a significant impact on all naval war fighting
since the completion of this two-year project. Games are more realistic in that theater
commanders are now constrained in their strategy and tactics by available resources in
theater, pipeline or production facilities throughout the world.
War games have been part of the Naval War College Gaming curriculum since 1887. They
are vehicles for generating, testing, and debating strategic and operational concepts, and
for exercising military and civilian decisions in maritime and joint warfare.
The War Gaming Department is the world's premier gaming organization, conducting
approximately 50 games yearly in support of internal College needs and externally
generated requests from various branches of the Defense and Navy departments,
operational commands and civilian agencies, including the Office of the Vice President of the
United States, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Secretary of the Navy. To support the
objectives of each game's sponsor, the War Gaming Department employs a wide variety of
gaming techniques ranging from complex, multi-sided, computer-assisted games to simpler,
single-sided seminar games, and game foci can range from broad national strategies to the
specifics of tactics. Most games take place at the College, but some are conducted off site.
Revised 8/10