Rear Admiral David F. Baucom

Rear Adm. David F. Baucom currently serves as director of the U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, and commander of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support. At the CDDDOC, he oversees experts from DLA, U.S. Transportation Command, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Army Materiel Command and service components who plan efficient and timely movement of supplies to troops across the CENTCOM theater. He assumed the director role in August 2012.

Rear Adm. Baucom assumed command of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. on July 13, 2011 and will return to that assignment following redeployment from the CDDOC.  DLA Troop Support annually buys over $14.5 billion worth of food, clothing, textiles, construction and equipment, medicines, medical supplies and industrial hardware items for America's warfighters and other customers worldwide. This global mission is performed by approximately 2,900 civilian and military personnel.

A native of Blythewood, S.C., Rear Adm. Baucom graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Auburn University where he received his commission through the Naval ROTC program in 1981. He also fulfilled all requisites for a second Bachelor of Science degree in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Auburn. He earned a Master of Science degree in Acquisition and Contract Management from the Naval Postgraduate School and a second Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University.

Rear Adm. Baucom is a graduate of the Executive Program at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia and a graduate of the Executive Program in Logistics and Technology at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a certified Level III acquisition professional in the contracting career field; a certified professional contracts manager in the National Contract Management Association; and a graduate of the Senior Acquisition Course at the Defense Acquisition University.  He is a Lean Six Sigma Executive Green Belt, a qualified naval aviation supply officer, and a designated joint specialty officer.

Rear Adm. Baucom served in a variety of key leadership positions afloat and ashore. At sea, he served as supply officer, USS Edward McDonnell (FF 1043); stock control officer, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71); and as the first supply officer, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

Ashore, he served as commanding officer, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk; the deputy assistant chief of staff for logistics at the Headquarters, Supreme Allied Command Transformation; in the Joint Staff, the Pentagon; at the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Yokosuka, Japan; in the Office of Supply Corps Personnel and in the Enlisted Plans Division at the Bureau of Naval Personnel. He also served as the executive assistant to the deputy commander for Logistics in the Naval Supply Systems Command; in the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command; and as a White House military aide to President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan.

Previous flag assignments include duty as assistant deputy chief of staff for Fleet Readiness and Training/Fleet Supply Officer at U.S. Fleet Forces Command and as deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (Acquisition and Logistics Management) providing policy and oversight to all Navy and Marine Corps contracting and acquisition logistics efforts and where he served as the Department of Navy’s competition advocate and standardization executive.

Rear Adm. Baucom’s personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (3 awards), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards), NATO Meritorious Service Medal and various other decorations.