CAPT Janice M. Hamby
USN, 1600

A native of Medina, Ohio, CAPT Hamby was commissioned from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Navy ROTC program in 1980.  Her first tour included assignments as a computer systems analyst, the Technical Control Facility Division Officer and the Deputy UNIVAC Operations Officer at Naval Regional Data Automation Center, Washington, DC.  Transferring to Hawaii in 1983, she served as Foreign Ship Liaison and Fleet Support Officer for Commander, Naval Base Pearl Harbor and Plans and Project Management Department Head at the Data Processing Center, Pearl Harbor.  CAPT Hamby then attended Boston University earning a Master of Sciences in Information Systems Management and a Master of Business Administration, graduating from both programs with highest honors.  She was subsequently assigned as Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy.

CAPT Hamby served her executive officer tour as Deputy Director of the Communications Operations Directorate at Naval Computer and Telecommunication Station Washington DC.  In 1994 she reported to USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) as part of the initial assignment of women to combat units.  She served as Air Department Administration Officer and Assistant Operations Officer and participated in EISENHOWER’s deployment to Haiti in support of OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY completing her surface warfare qualification during IKE’s 1994 Mediterranean deployment.  In August 1995 she transferred to USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) to serve as the first afloat Combat Systems Officer to combine Information Systems Management, Combat Systems Maintenance and Telecommunications Systems Management in one department.

CAPT Hamby’s follow on assignment was as a student in the November 1997 class of the College of Naval Warfare at the U.S. Naval War College where she earned a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies.  Awarded the VADM Arthur Cebrowski award for best essay related to information warfare, command and control warfare and related systems and technology issues, she graduated with distinction and was named Presidential Honor Graduate.  CAPT Hamby was subsequently selected to serve as an Associate Fellow on the Chief of Naval Operations’ Strategic Studies Group where she conducted research in future operational concepts and organizational theory.

CAPT Hamby assumed command of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Jacksonville, Florida, in August 1998, also reporting to Commander, Navy Region South East in an additional duty capacity as Program Manager for Information Technology.  During this assignment she served as the Navy’s Southeast Region Y2K Coordinator for both computer systems and imbedded facilities.

CAPT Hamby is a 2001 graduate of the Joint Forces Staff College and winner of the National Defense University Foundation Writing Award for best essay on joint matters.  She served on the staff of Commander, Striking and Support Forces Southern Europe, as command liaison to the COMSIXTHFLT staff and special assistant for information management and information operations issues. 

She assumed major command of U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Europe Central, Naples, Italy, in October 2002.  During this tour, the command achieved two Naval Network and Space Operations Command Communications and Information Technology Excellence (CITE) awards (the C4I Battle “E”), all mission area excellence awards for two consecutive years, three Defense Information Systems Agency awards, and the Retention Golden Anchor for 2003.

CAPT Hamby’s served on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff as the FORCEnet Capabilities Assessment Branch Head and FORCEnet Warfare Pillar Deputy (N704B).  During this tour she accepted a temporary assignment as the Director of Knowledge and Information Management on the staff of the Multi-National Force – Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq.  In July 2006 she reported to Naval Network Warfare Command as Director of Global Operations.

CAPT Hamby’s personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with one Gold Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal , the Navy Meritorious Service Medal with three Gold Stars, the Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star, the Navy Achievement Medal with Gold Star, the Army Achievement Medal, the Navy Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal and various unit commendations and awards.