RDML Frank "Dusty" Rhodes USN
Director, Air Warfare Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (N98)
RDML Frank "Dusty" Rhodes USN is listed as Director, Air Warfare Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (N98). RDML is scheduled to speak at WEST 2027 on 16 February 2027.
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About
Rear Adm. Dusty "Gigi" Rhodes is a native of Larchmont, New York, and a 1995 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, earning a degree in Ocean Engineering. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and is a 2022 fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI. Operationally, he served in numerous fighter squadrons flying the F/A-18 C/E/F. His fleet assignments include the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, Valions of VFA-15, Blue Blasters of VFA-34 and Sunliners of VFA-81. He commanded VFA-81 and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3. Rhodes deployed multiple times in support of operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and Inherent Resolve aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Carl Vinson (CVN70), and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and Command of Carrier Strike Group Two. Ashore, Rhode’s
Upcoming
WEST 2027 16 February 2027 – 18 February 2027
- Carrier Strike Power: Combat Lessons, Readiness, and Modernization Speaker · 16 February 2027
Spoke alongside
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