BIOGRAPHIES

Capt. Joe Harder

COMMANDING OFFICER

Capt. Harder is a native of Titusville, Florida and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Georgia Tech graduating in June of 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He was commissioned through the Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida, in August 1998. He earned a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2009 and completed Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Senior Executive Fellows program in 2021.

CAPT. Matthew Williams

Executive Officer

Captain Williams is a native of Owensboro, Kentucky and a 2001 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He was commissioned an Ensign in September 2001 after completion of Navy Officer Candidate School. He holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from San Diego State University.

CBCM John L. Smith

Command Master Chief

Seabee Master Chief Smith was born in March AFB in Riverside, Calif., and grew up in Golden, Colo. After he graduated from Golden High School in June 1986, he completed a two-year Masonry Trade school and worked as a Journeyman Brick Mason until Joining the Navy in April 1997.