After aviation preflight indoctrination, he reported to NAS Corpus Christi for primary and advanced flight training and was designated a naval aviator in June 2000.Īfter receiving initial P-3 Orion training in VP-30 at NAS Jacksonville, he reported to VP-40 at NAS Whidbey Island, Wash., in February 2001. Jason Williamson, who was commissioned through the Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps program, graduated from Boston University in May 1998 with a degree in Bio-Medical Engineering. Anthony Corapi, commodore, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 11 (CPRW-11), presented the awards.Ĭmdr. Daniel Schebler served as the guest speaker for the event and Capt.

Ryan Lilley assumed the duties of executive officer. He has earned various personal, unit, and service awards.The VP-45 'Pelicans' held a change of command ceremony April 21 in Hangar 117 on board Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville where Cmdr. Walker’s last tour was as commanding officer, Surface Warfare Schools Command.

European Command warfare integration branch head in OPNAV N91 senior military assistant to the Secretary of the Navy and as deputy chief of legislative affairs at the Navy Office of Legislative Affairs. intern post-department head detailer (PERS-411C) at Navy Personnel Command in Millington, Tennessee deputy for congressional affairs at U.S. His shore tours include service as a destroyer/cruiser gas turbine instructor at Surface Warfare Officers School Command (SWOS) in Newport, Rhode Island a Navy Washington, D.C. Bradley (FFG 49) main propulsion assistant and training officer aboard USS Hayler (DD 997) engineer officer aboard USS Cole (DDG 67) and USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) executive officer of USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) commanding officer of USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and as deputy and commodore of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7. Walker has served at sea as communications officer and first lieutenant aboard USS Robert G. He earned a Master of Arts in Organizational Management from The George Washington University and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Upon completing BOOST, he attended Jacksonville University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communications and was commissioned in December 1994. A native of New York, he began his naval service in 1989 by entering the Broadened Opportunity for Officer Selection and Training (BOOST) Program. Alexis “Lex” Walker took command of Navy Recruiting Command March 25, 2022.

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