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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
Nov 2022 - Aug 2023
COLUMBIA Class Certification Group Support Contract
Deployments
(2 years, 2 months)Sep 2006 - Apr 2007
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Assignment to MNSTCI and deployed to Fallujah to support I MEF and II MEF Al Anbar province MOD and MOI reconstruction projects.
Military Credentials
Professional Development Schools
Feb 2018
Engineering Duty Officer Senior Course
Individual & Special Skill Schools
Nov 1990 - Aug 1992
Nuclear Power Training
Project Superintendent Qualification
Docking Officer Schools and Qualifications
Certifications
May 2018
Submarine Architecture and Construction PCode
May 2015
Submarine Combat Systems PCode
Apr 2015
NAVSEA Project Superintendent
Additional Specialization(s)
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher
Academic Degrees
Academic Degrees
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