Immediate Release: Flag Officer Assignment

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Release No: NR-318-15
August 05, 2015

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert announced today the following assignment:

Rear Adm. (lower half) Daniel B. Hendrickson is assigned as military deputy, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, Mountain View, California.  Hendrickson was serving as vice commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia

Rear Adm. Daniel “Brian” Hendrickson received his commission from the United States Naval Academy in May 1987. After a tour as a division officer aboard the USS Aquila (PHM-4), he transferred to Naval Special Warfare and completed BUD/S in 1990.

Hendrickson’s tours in Naval Special Warfare include assignments to SEAL Team 1, SEAL Team 3, Naval Special Warfare Support Activity 1, Naval Special Warfare Unit 4, Naval Special Warfare Group 1, Naval Special Warfare Group 10 and Naval Special Warfare Command. Joint assignments include United States Military Group Colombia, Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF)-Horn of Africa, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF)-Arabian Peninsula, CJSOTF-Afghanistan, JSOTF-Philippines and United States Special Operations Command. His service overseas includes Operations Restore Hope, Desert Shield, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Hendrickson holds a Bachelor of Science in English from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University. Additionally, he has completed courses at the Air Command and Staff College and Joint Forces Staff College.