Henry J. Hendrix

Captain Henry J. Hendrix, USN, (PhD)
Born 1966
Angola, Indiana
Service/branch U.S. Navy
Years of service 1988-2014
Rank Captain (O-6)
Unit
  • Currently Serves as Director of the Naval History and Heritage Command
  • Previous Assignments:
  • Patrol Squadron TEN
  • USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
  • Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations
  • Staff of the Under Secretary of Defense
  • Director of the Secretary of the Navy’s Advisory Panel
Website www.history.navy.mil

Henry J. Hendrix, PhD (born 1966) is an active duty United States Navy Captain who is serving as the Director of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Previously he has served as the Director, Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel from October 2011 through November 2012 and as the Senior Military Assistant to Mr. Andrew Marshall, Director, OSD Office of Net Assessment from September 2009 through September 2011. CAPT Hendrix was the Commanding Officer of Tactical Air Control Squadron ELEVEN at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, CA from February 2005 through April 2008.

Career

Hendrix is a 1988 graduate of Purdue University and a native of Angola, Indiana. He is a career Naval Aviator earning his “wings of gold,” in October 1989 as Naval Flight Officer. At the conclusion of his flight training he went on to serve as a Tactical Coordinator and Mission Commander in Patrol Squadron TEN stationed in Brunswick, Maine. He has served at sea as the Tactical Action Officer aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

Ashore, he has served as a strategic planner on the staffs of the Chief of Naval Operations as well as the Under Secretary of Defense and the Office of Net Assessment,[1] where he served as the Senior Military Advisor to Mr. Andrew Marshall. Prior to being named as Director of the Naval History and Heritage Command in May 2012, CAPT Hendrix served as the Director of the Secretary of the Navy’s Advisory Panel for Secretary of the Navy Raymond Mabus.

Hendrix is a 1994 graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School earning a degree in National Security Affairs. In 2003, Hendrix was named as a Federal Executive Fellow for the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University where he earned a master's degree in History (Honorable Mention, Dean’s Prize). Hendrix earned his PhD from King's College in London in War Studies in July 2007. Hendrix is a prolific writer known for writing on historical topics and strategic issues to include naval force structure.

Most recently he has challenged the survivability of nuclear aircraft carriers in modern strategic environments.[2][3]

Awards and decorations

United States Decorations

Other awards and honors

Published works

Selected Books

Selected Articles, Reviews, and Commentary

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