John Long

About John Long

I completed the US Navy Advanced Electronics and Computer Field technical core school in Dec 2001. Completed Fire Controlman \"A\" school in April 2001. Completed Spy 1-D \"C\" school in May 2003. I have been assigned to 4 US Navy Guided Missile Destroyers(USS Laboon, Gonzalez, Stout and Arleigh Burke) where I repaired, operated and maintained the ships primary air and surface search 3-D radar from 20••••10. I was then selected to become a US Navy Recruiter from 20••••12. This is where I honed sales skills in guiding fellow US citizen in joining the World\'s greatest Navy. From there I was hand selected because of my leadership skills to be the Leading Petty Officer of 3 recruiting stations from 20••••15. In 2015, I departed to the Ballistic Missile Defense side of my career, which led me into \"C\" schools for Networking and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). From 20••••23 I previously worked at Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Station Romania when I was deployed. I have qualified Combat Systems Officer of the Watch(3 years), Ballistic Missile Defense Officer, Combat System Coordinator, Tactical Action Officer prior to transferring to Navy Instructor Training Command in 2023. While at NITC I earned the Navy Instructor NEC. After NITC I have transferred to Navy Leadership and Ethics Command where I have earned my Master Navy Leader Development Facilitator certification.

Experience

1. Course Instructor

   Skillspire

   Sep 2021 — Present

   I have been hired to as the Cybersecurity course instructor for Skillspire.

Education

• Western Governors University

  Bachelor's degree, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

  2020 — 2021

• Coastline Community College

  Associate of Science - AS, Cybersecurity

  2017 — 2019

• ECPI University

  Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2009 — 2010

• Coastline Community College

  Associate of Arts - AA, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2017 — 2018