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About William Swanbeck

A retired commander in the United States Navy, William Brad Swanbeck served on board the USS MONTPELIER, USS DALLAS, USS MARYLAND, and USS ASHEVILLE. In his most recent role as special assistant to the commanding officer at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut, William Swanbeck supervised security and maintenance enhancement efforts and put together the base's COVID-19 mitigation strategy. He also helped create its Warfighting Readiness Improvement Process. As commanding officer of the USS MONTPELIER from 2016 to 2018, Mr. Swanbeck ranked second out of eight commanders in his squadron. Among other achievements, he completed a complex nuclear evolution of a dual media discharge with a near record-low amount of issues or delays and developed an innovative tactical training program to prevent skill atrophy during in-port maintenance periods. In addition to his work on various submarines, he served as executive assistant to the director of maritime headquarters at US Fleet Forces Command and as an operations analyst at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. William Brad Swanbeck holds a certificate in operations analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School, as well as an MBA and a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin and US Naval Academy, respectively. He lettered in wrestling at the US Naval Academy and played on its rugby team.