CDR Jack Tappe

Navy | Engineering Duty Officer (EDO)

Dates of Service: no date specified

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Commissioning Source: ROTC, May 2002

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CDR Tappe joined the Nuclear Power Program in 1990. After completing the nuclear power pipeline, he reported for duty on the USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN 695). After completing two Western Pacific deployments, he left SSN-695 for NAVIMFAC Pearl Harbor where he was accepted into the Navy’s ECP program at the University of Idaho. After commissioning, he reported as student naval flight officer to the Navy Aviation Training Command at Pensacola Florida. In 2003 he redesignated as an Engineering Duty Officer. As an EDO, he has served at PSNS&IMF; as an IA in Iraq; as the D5 Missile Re-Entry Branch Head/Launcher Division Heat at SSP, Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Program Management Office in Sunnyvale, CA;at PHNSY, at SUBPAC as the N4 type desk officer, and at TRF Bangor as a Repair Officer.

Military Experiences

Jul 2021 - Apr 2022

Deputy Project Superintendent

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, NAVSEA, Shore Commands | Puget Sound, WA

Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

Business and Strategic Planning Officer

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, NAVSEA, Shore Commands | Puget Sound, WA

Jul 2019 - Feb 2021

Project Superintendent

PSNS &IMF | Bremerton, WA

Deactivation of the USS Olympia and USS Louisville project Superintendent

Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

TRF Repair Officer

Trident Refit Facility | Bangor, WA

While at TRF I was responsible for the lifecycle maintenance of the Pacific fleet SSBNs. We also completed two of the Extended Refit Periods (ERPs) on HENRY M JACKSON and ALABAMA. We also completed two significant modernization periods which installed the TI-16 SWFTS suite increasing the capability of these SSBNs.

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