Leadership

Captain Craig T. Mattingly

Commander, Naval Service Training Command

Captain Mattingly, a native of Austin, Kentucky, departed the family dairy farm in 1987 to enlist in the U.S. Navy as an Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator. He is a 1991 Broadened Opportunity for Officer Selection and Training (BOOST) graduate and a 1995 U.S. Naval Academy graduate. He was designated as a Naval Flight Officer (NFO) in 1997. He holds a Master of Science degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College, Executive Leadership and Management certifications from the University of Notre Dame, is Joint Qualified and an alumnus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI.   

Captain Brent E. Cower

Chief of Staff, Naval Service Training Command / Director, Naval Service Training Command Citizenship Development

Captain Cower enlisted in the Navy in 1994 and attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School, Newport, R.I., prior to appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., where he graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He earned a Master of Business Administration Degree and Master of Science Degree in Organizational Change and Leadership from Pfeiffer University, Master of Arts Degree in Human Resources Management from Webster University, the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).