John Craighill

E Mail: jscraighill@verizon.net

Phone: 703 307-3742 (C), 410 897-1196 (H)

Short Bio Blurb:

 CAPT John S. Craighill, USN (Retired) served a 30 year career as a nuclear qualified Surface Warfare Officer. In the course of his naval service, he served at sea on two guided missile destroyers, three nuclear aircraft carriers, was Asst Chief of Staff for Operations for a Carrier Battle Group, and commanded two ships, USS AYLWIN (FF-181) and USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37). Ashore, he served as Executive Officer of the Nuclear Power Training Unit, Idaho Falls; Second Battalion Officer and Executive Assistant to the Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy; and Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Space, Electronic Warfare, Command and Control (OPAV N-6). In civilian life, he currently works for a small engineering company as a Senior Systems Engineer evaluating new technology concepts for the Office of Naval Research Small Business Innovation Research program.

 CAPT Craighill graduated from the Naval Academy in 1967 and holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School, 1972.