Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Biographies

Senior Enlisted Leader, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC)

Press Operations — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:52:00 GMT

Senior Chief Nugent is a native of Blacksburg, Virginia. Enlisting in the Navy in 1999, he completed Operations Specialist ‘A’ School. His initial assignment was with the USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) in Norfolk, Virginia. During this time, he completed his first deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2003, Nugent began his career as a Selected Reservist and was initially assigned to Navy Reserve Center Roanoke. His subsequent assignments include Commander, Amphibious Group 2, Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe, Tactical Air Control Squadron 22, Military Sealift Command Headquarters, Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 2, and MSRON-10. During his reserve service, Nugent completed multiple deployments, serving as a Tactical Supervisor on the Al-Bashrah Oil Terminal from 2009-2010, where he was selected for Chief Petty Officer, and as a Mission Commander aboard the USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO-193) from 2019- 2020, supporting 5th Fleet operations.

Executive Director, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC)

Press Operations — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 18:44:00 GMT

Ms. Tracy V. Riker Executive Director, Navy Expeditionary Combat CommandMs. Riker currently serves

Chief of Staff, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC)

Press Operations — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:30:00 GMT

Capt. Lance Flood was commissioned in December 1997 as an ensign in the Civil Engineer Corps through the Officer Candidate School, Pensacola, Florida. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University as well as graduate degrees in Business Administration and Civil Engineering from Auburn and North Carolina State Universities, respectively. Additionally, he has completed the Tuck Advanced Management Program at Dartmouth College, the Navy Senior Leader’s Seminar at the Naval Postgraduate School, and the Air Command and Staff College Distance Learning Program. His expeditionary force assignments include Commander, 30th Naval Construction Regiment/Task Group 75.5 (Naval Construction Forces 7th Fleet); Assistant Chief of Staff for Materiel Readiness, Facilities, and Environment, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command/Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Pacific (Little Creek, Virginia); Commanding Officer, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (Gulfport, Mississippi); Operations Officer, 30th Naval Construction Regiment and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 (Port Hueneme, California); Officer in Charge, Construction Battalion Unit 416 (Fallon, Nevada); Company Officer, NMCB 7 (Gulfport, Mississippi); and an individual augmentee assignment with 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Engineer Group (Iraq). He has participated in seven deployments, three in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. His shore facilities assignments include Public Works Officer, Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory); Public Works Officer, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (Havelock, North Carolina); Regional Base Operating Support Contracts Program Manager, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington (D.C.); and Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, Naval Station Everett (Washington). Additionally, he has served as Aide to the Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command/Chief of Civil Engineers (Washington, D.C.). He most recently completed assignment as the Commanding Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Far East (Yokosuka, Japan) where he had additional duty as Regional Engineer to Commander, Navy Region Japan and Commander, Navy Region Korea. Capt. Flood is a registered professional engineer in the state of Washington and a qualified Seabee Combat Warfare specialist. He is also designed as a Certified Energy Manager by the Association of Energy Engineers.

Rear Admiral Bradley Andros

Press Operations — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:09:00 GMT

Rear Adm. Bradley J. Andros is a native of Poughkeepsie, New York. He graduated from the U.S. Naval