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Commander Kyle Barrett, U.S. Navy, is a 1986 graduate of Guilford College in North Carolina. He holds a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry, an M.S. in Molecular Biology from Carnegie Mellon University, and an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, where he graduated with highest distinction in 2000. He was commissioned through OCS in 1989 and began his naval career as an Intelligence Officer. CDR Barrett completed a lateral transfer to Naval Flight Officer in 1992 and flew a total of over 3500 hours in the A-6E Intruder on board the USS INDEPENDENCE forward deployed in Japan, and the E-6A/B TACAMO. He served as an Operations Plans officer in the U.S. European Command European Plans and Operations Center in Stuttgart, Germany, where he coordinated security for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and later focused on cooperative security issues in Africa. His most recent tour was as Executive Officer, Naval Support Activity Bahrain, in support of Commander, US Naval Forces Central Command.