Captain Timothy Kuehhas, a native of Sayville, New York, graduated from the University of Dallas in 1987 with a degree in Mathematics and was commissioned an Ensign in June 1988 through Aviation Officer Candidate School. After completing flight training in Pensacola, Florida, he was designated a Naval Flight Officer and transferred to the EA-6B Fleet Replacement Squadron, Electronic Attack Squadron ONE TWO NINE, at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington, where he trained to become an Electronic Countermeasures Officer.

Shore assignments for Captain Kuehhas include Electronic Attack Squadron ONE TWO NINE serving as NATOPS Evaluator, Carrier Qualification Instructor, and Electronic Warfare Instructor. Captain Kuehhas served on the Joint Staff in the J6 Directorate as Action Officer and in the J3 Directorate as Primary Briefer to the Joint Staff Directors. He also served on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff as EA-6B and EA-18G Requirements Officer.

Operational sea assignments for Captain Kuehhas include a junior officer tour with Electronic Attack Squadron ONE THREE EIGHT, a tour as Flag Lieutenant with Cruiser-Destroyer Group EIGHT, a Department Head tour with Electronic Attack Squadron ONE FOUR TWO, and Executive Officer and Commanding Officer tours with Electronic Attack Squadron ONE THREE TWO. Captain Kuehhas served as Executive Officer of USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) and his most recent assignment was Commanding Officer of USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD 44).

Captain Kuehhas holds a master’s degree from the Naval War College in National Security and Strategic Studies and is a graduate of the Joint and Combined Warfighting School and the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command. He is authorized to wear the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (four gold stars), the Air Medal (Fourth Strike Flight Award), the Navy Commendation Medal (two gold stars), the Joint Achievement Medal, and other organization and personal awards, including the Battle Efficiency Award while commanding Electronic Attack Squadron ONE THREE TWO. Additionally, he was the 1995 Association of Naval Aviation’s Naval Flight Officer of the Year for Tactical Aviation.