A native of Binghamton, NY, Captain F. Curtis Jones graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology receiving a commission through the Navy Reserve Officer
Training Corps in 1989.
Afloat CAPT Jones has served as Damage Control Assistant, 1st Division
Officer, STREAM Officer, and Main Propulsion Assistant onboard USS SAN JOSE (AFS 7), commissioning Main Propulsion Assistant
onboard USS BATAAN (LHD 5), and Engineer Officer onboard USS CLEVELAND (LPD 7). He served as Executive Officer
onboard USS CORONADO
(AGF 11), and commissioning Commanding
Officer USS NEW YORK (LPD 21). Additionally, CAPT Jones has served
in Afghanistan as part of JTF Paladin,
Counter-Improved Explosive Device (C-IED)
team.
Ashore Captain Jones served initially as an Emergency Actions Officer
and later as the Aide- de-Camp for the Deputy
Commander, USSTRATCOM. He also served as amphibious command placement, surface commander assignment and Deputy Director Surface Warfare Officer Distribution. He completed an assignment as Executive Assistant
for Commander Navy Installations Command
in the Fall of 2013,
after which he took command
of Naval Base San Diego.
Currently serving as Chief of Staff for Navy Region Southwest.
Captain Jones earned a Master’s
of Arts Degree in National
Security and Strategic Studies from Naval
Postgraduate School.
