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USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3)


CAPT. Michael C. Mosbruger, USN Commanding Officer (Gold)

Captain Mike Mosbruger commissioned through NROTC at Norwich University while earning a Bachelor’s of Architecture. The son of a career Air Force Officer, he calls Pennsylvania home.

At sea, he deployed to the FIFTH Fleet aboard USS San Jacinto (CG 56) as the Electrical Officer and Main Propulsion Assistant, and served aboard USS Nicholson (DD 982) as the Training Officer. He deployed to the SEVENTH Fleet aboard USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) and the SIXTH Fleet aboard USS Normandy (CG 60), both as Chief Engineer.
Ashore, he completed a Master’s of Science at the Naval Postgraduate School and received the George L. Phillips award for Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation (MOVES).

His staff assignments include the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (N51 Strategy and Policy), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD (Policy)), and US SEVENTH Fleet (ACOS for Operations). At OSD(P), he worked in the Force Development office on the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review team, the Strategy office as the Chief of Staff, and the Strategy, Plans, and Forces Office as the Deputy Under Secretary’s Military Assistant. He became a Joint Qualified Officer in 2012.

His command tour was as Executive Officer then Commanding Officer of Navy Recruiting District Phoenix, where his Sailors earned the Silver “R” for Recruiting excellence as the top district in Navy Recruiting Region West (2014), and the Gold “R” as the top district in the Nation (2015). He then served as Executive Assistant to Commander, Navy Recruiting Command in Millington, TN.


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