David Baucom
David Folk Baucom (born 7 March 1959) is a retired United States Navy rear admiral. He was formerly the director of strategy and policy at the U.S. Transportation Command from October 2013 to October 2015.[1]
Baucom is currently a Senior Director at Vintun LLC, a consulting company.
Life
Baucom is a South Carolina native from Blythewood, the son of Horace Clifford Baucom, Jr., and Rosalind Windhorn Baucom.[2] He graduated from Auburn University in 1981, where he was commissioned into the Navy through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program. Later he received executive education degrees from the Darden School of Business and the University of North Carolina.[1] His first master's degee in Acquisition and Contract Management was from the Naval Postgraduate School and his second was from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University.[1]
Baucom was promoted to rear admiral on May 1, 2009.[3]
In October 2015, Baucom was relieved from his position with the U.S. Transportation Command as a result of a finding that his behavior at a conference in April 2015 was conduct unbecoming an officer (UCMJ article 133) and constituted disorderly conduct (UCMJ article 134).[4][5] Baucom was reassigned to Fleet Forces Command at the Pentagon,[4][6] and retired in September 2016.
Military assigments
Among Baucom's military assignments were:
- White House military aide to president and Mrs. Ronald Reagan
- Acquisition and Sustainment (Joint Staff) 1998 – 2000
- Commanding Officer, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk, Virginia, August 2006 – July 2008
- Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Fleet Readiness and Training/Fleet Supply Officer for U.S. Fleet Forces Command, July 2008 – September 2009
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition and Procurement), Washington D.c., September 2009 – August 2011
- Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support commander, August 2011 – August 2012, and January 2013 – October 2013
- Director of the United States Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, Kuwait, August 2012 – January 2013
Civilian life
In October 2016, Baucom joined the information and management consulting firm of Vintun LLC, where he assumed the post of Senior Director of their supply chain consulting group, where he utilizes his expertise in defense procurement. His office is in Washington, D.C.[7]
Baucom holds memberships in the Military Officers Association of America, the National Defense Transportation Association, and the National Contract Management Association.
Awards
- Defense Superior Service Medal with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster for superior service to the United States Department of Defense[8]
- Legion of Merit with two Gold Stars for exceptionally meritorious conduct[8]
Notes and references
- 1 2 3 "United States Navy Biography: Rear Admiral David F. Baucom". United States Navy.
- ↑ "In Memory of Rosalind Windhorn Baucom". Columbia, South Carolina: Shives Funeral Home. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "Baucom promoted to Rear Admiral". The Flagship. Norfolk, Virginia. 28 May 2009. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
- ↑ Office of the Chief of Information (7 December 2015). "Rear Adm. Baucom Receives Non-judicial Punishment". United States Navy. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015.
- ↑ Whitlock, Craig (7 December 2015). "Admiral reprimanded for drunken, naked escapade at Florida hotel". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015.
- ↑ "Vintun News". Vintun LLC. 15 October 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016.
- 1 2 "Valor awards for David F. Baucom". Military Times. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.