| Event Name: |
AFCEA Hampton Roads January Luncheon
Website
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| Event Date: |
01/13/2026 |
| Event Time: |
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m |
| Event Organizer: |
Hampton Roads Chapter |
| Description: |
Captain Robert (Brian) Conner, a native of
Birmingham,
Alabama, enlisted into the Navy in 1996 as an
Electronics
Technician. He was commissioned through Naval
Reserve
Officers Training Corps Unit Hampton Roads from Old
Dominion University. He attended the Naval
Postgraduate
School and earned a Master's degree in Information
Technology Management. He is a graduate of the
Joint
Forces
Staff College.
His sea tours include USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) in Yokosuka, Japan. He
served
as Combat Systems Officer on USS Independence (LCS
2)
and was Director of Assured Command and Control
(N6)
to Commander Carrier Strike Group Twelve with the
Abraham Lincoln and Gerald R. Ford Strike Groups.
During these sea assignments, he executed post-
drydock sea trials, a global deployment, and sea
trials of the Navy's first Ford Class CVN.
His shore assignments include Space/Cyber Ops
Planner
at the Global Satellite Communications Support
Center
and Cyber Warning Operations Center Chief and Cyber
Domain Officer in Charge at North American
Aerospace
Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command. He was
Deputy Executive Assistant to Commander, U.S. Fleet
Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet. He commanded Naval
Computer and Telecommunications Station Hampton
Roads
and served as the Senior Information Professional
Community Detailer at Navy Personnel Command.
Conner's personal decorations include the Defense
Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service
Medal (two awards), the Joint Service Commendation
Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
(three awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement
Medal (two awards), and other unit and service
awards. |
| Event Speaker: |
Captain Robert (Brian) Conner |
| Event Category: |
Luncheon |
| Location: |
Hilton Main
Norfolk, VA |
| Event Contact: |
Eric Johnson |
| Event Contact E-Mail: |
eric.johnson@ironbow.com |
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