The Tailhook Board of Directors

• Source: NROTC
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1968
  
• Assignments: VF-191, VF-124, VF-14, VX-4, VF-213, XO Fighter Weapons School (Topgun), XO/CO VF-2, CO VF-101 ComCVW-2, COS Commander 6th Fleet, EA OpNav N8, Deputy Director, Plans and Policy Directorate, HQ U.S. European Command, CCG 7, Deputy Director, Plans and Policy Directorate U.S. Central Command
  
• Hours/Traps: 5,500/1,250
  
• Residence: Encinitas, Calif.
  
• Present Empl: Consultant, Intergraph, SYS Tech. ATSI

• Source: AOC
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1987
  
• Assignments: VF-124, VF-211, VF-126, VFC-13
  
• Hours/Traps: 3,500/213
  
• Residence: Coronado, Calif.
  
• Present Empl: Restaurant owner, Reserve CO VFC-13
  
• Other: Tailhook Education Foundation Director since 2003

• Source: USNA
  
• Designated: Naval Aviator, 1968
  
• Assignments: VF-96; USNTPS; VF-213; CO VF-211 and VF-101; OpNav; CVA-66; NavDocCom Staff
  
• Hours/Traps: 4,100/820
  
• Residence: Vienna, Va.
  
• Present Empl: Consultant, Whitney, Bradley & Brown, Inc.
  
• Other: MS Systems Engineering, University of Southern California.

• Source: U.S. Naval Academy
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1968
  
• Assignments: VT-21; VF 92; Test Pilot School, Flight Test Carrier Suitability; VF-2
  
• Hours/Traps: 11,200 / 545
  
• Residence: San Diego, Calif.
  
• Present Empl: Retired from USNR, Flying Tiger Line and Federal Express
  
• Other: Vietnam MiG-21 kill; Member, Society of Experimental Test Pilots; Member, The Early and Pioneer Naval Aviators Association (Golden Eagles)

• Source: Officer Candidate Class 142
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1992
  
• Assignments: VMFA-312, Amphibious Warfare School, VMFA-323, Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron, 5th Marines Regimental Air Officer, VMFA-323, VMFA-232
  
• Hours/Traps: 3,200/625
  
• Residence: Encinitas, Calif.
  
• Other: Operations Deny Flight, Deliberate Force, Southern Watch and Iraqi Freedom; Six Top-Ten Hook Awards; Two Top-Five Nugget Awards; Air Interdiction Mission Commander; CVW-11 Close Air Support Warfare Action Board Leader.
  

• Source: NROTC
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1967
  
• Assignments: VA-87, Bureau of Naval Personnel, VA-105, Air Command and Staff College, XO/CO VA-15, NMPC 432, ComCVW-3, Air Wing Training Officer CNAL, CO USS Seattle (AOE-3), COS CruDesGru-8, CO USS America (CV-66), USEuCom, CCG-2, CNO N-51, ComNavAirLant
  
• Hours/Traps: 4,050/1,127
  
• Residence: Virginia Beach, Va.
  
• Present Empl: Exec. Dir. of Business Dev., Northrop Grumman, Newport News Shipbuilding
  
• Other: 115 combat missions over Vietnam, Lebanon

• Source: AOCS
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1993
  
• Assignments: VFA-146; NSAWC (Topgun); VFA-151; DC Intern Fellow; VFA-94; USNorthCom.
  
• Hours/Traps: 2,400/615
  
• Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
  
• Present Empl: USNorthCom J5
  
• Other: Operations Southern Watch and Iraqi Freedom; David McCampbell Award, 1993; Charles H. Bryant Leadership Award, 1997; VFA-151 Junior Officer of the Year, 2001; 14 Top-Ten Hook Awards, Former Board Member U.S. Naval Institute, THA Strike Force member.

CDR MARC PRESTON, USN, Term - Fall 2011

• Source: Aviation Officer Candidate School
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1994
  
• Aircraft: T-34C, T-2C, T/A-4J, F/A-18A/D, S-3B
  
• Assignments: VFA-113; VMFAT-101; CVW-2 LSO; VFA-94; COMNAVAIRFOR
  
• Present Empl: XO, VFA-97 (1 May 07)
  
• Hours/Traps: 3,050 / 751
  
• Residence: Hanford, CA
  
• Other: Operation Southern Watch/Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom; 2002 CNAP LSO of the Year; 2003 CNAF Navy and Marine Corps Leadership Award

• Source: ROTC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1974
  
• Assignments: VF-14; VF-101; VF-32; 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron; XO/CO VF-51; DCAG-11; CO Topgun; ComCVW-9; OpNav Joint Planner; EA to CincPac; OpNav N880; ComStkGru 7; CentCom J5; OpNav N43.
  
• Hours/Traps: 4,900/1,052
  
• Residence: Louisburg, N.C.
  
• Present Empl: Robb & Associates, Inc.
  

• Source: AOC
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1968
  
• Assignments: VA-216; VA-215; VA-122; VA-97/CVW-14 LSO; NavCruitCom San Antonio;
  
• VA-147; CO VA-192; NavMilPersCom; CO NavFltDemRon (Blue Angels); CO
  
• USS Wabash (AOR-4); JTF-5; CO USS Constellation (CV-64)
  
• Hours/Traps: 5,600/786
  
• Residence: Hollywood, Md.
  
• Present Empl: Director of Business Development, Boeing Patuxent River
  
• Other: North Dakota State University, 50 Combat Missions

• Source: AOC
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1984
  
• Assignments: VA-192, VFA-192, 410 Squadron (Canada), ComCarGru Seven, Strike Fighter Weapons School, VFA-94, VFA-125, XO/CO VFA-22, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, JCS J3 Ops.
  
• Hours/Traps: 3,000/600
  
• Residence: Fallon, Nev.
  
• Other: BA History, Oregon State University 1977, MS Degree in National Resource Strategy

• Source: AOC
  
• Designation: Naval Aviator, 1967
  
• Assignments: VT-9 SERGRAD, VF-74, F-14 acceptance test pilot Grumman Aircraft corporation, VF-2, VF-124, XO VF-114
  
• CO VF-114, Head Air Warfare analyst, OPNAV N-80, CO VF-124, CO TOPGUN, COM CVW-14, Deputy Director White House Military Office, DJTF-SWA, ComCAR Gru-3, CincPac J-3, Director Navy Programming N-80
  
• Hours/Traps: 6,050/1,218
  
• Residence: Vienna, Virginia
  
• Present empl: Computer Sciences Corporation, business development Navy/Marine Corps/Missile Defense Agency
  
• Other: Masters, Economics, University of New York, Stony Brook. 126 combat missions Vietnam, F-4 Phantom. First pilot to 1,000 & 2,000 F-14 Tomcat hours, second to 3,000. Desert Shield, President Tailhook Association 1986-1989.