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USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3)

CAPT. Colin Patrick Day, USN Commanding Officer (Blue)

Captain Colin Day was raised in a Navy family and hails from Washington. He was commissioned at the United States Naval Academy in 1996 and was designated a Naval Aviator in March 1999.

Captain Day’s previous assignments at sea include Fighter Squadron/Strike Fighter Squadron FOUR ONE, Strike Fighter Squadrons TWO TWO and ONE ONE FIVE, command of Strike Fighter Squadron NINE SEVEN, and Executive Officer of USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73).

His assignments ashore include various naval aviation training units, Fighter Squadron ONE ZERO ONE, Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific, NATO Communication and Information Services Agency Headquarters, Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, and Nuclear Power Training Unit Charleston.

Captain Day holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics from the United States Naval Academy and Executive Master Degree in Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is a graduate of the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and has accumulated 3,500 flight hours and 860 arrested landings in the F-14 Tomcat and FA-18 Hornet and Super Hornet, completing numerous deployments and participating in combat operations in support of Operations SOUTHERN WATCH, IRAQI FREEDOM, and ENDURING FREEDOM.

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