NATIONAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION

Captain Richard W. Myllenbeck

National Military Intelligence Foundation

 

CAPT Rick Myllenbeck is a 41-year veteran with the U.S. Navy

and Navy Reserve.

 

1976: Enlisted in the Navy during the Cold War, and became

an Aircrewman in P-3 aircraft.

1980: Joined the U.S. Naval Reserve and continued to fly missions

over the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

1988: Accepted a direct commission into the U.S. Navy Reserve

Intelligence Program and served in various

scientific, technical and analytical intelligence commands on both coasts.

2001: Mobilized to the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in Washington,

D.C., as a deputy IT division head.

2003: Served as the first Command Marketing Officer at ONI as a civilian.

2007: Mobilized to Multi-National Force-Iraq where he was the Chief of Current Intelligence in Baghdad.

2009: Mobilized to the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan where he worked as the

Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence.

2010: Qualified as a Navy Information Warfare Intelligence Officer.

2011: Accepted a by-name request from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, to be the

Chief of Integration for the Director in the Pentagon on active duty orders.

2012: Named a senior member of the National Commission for the Review of the R&D Programs for the U.S.

Intelligence Community, which delivered its discerning, far-reaching study to Congress in 2013.

2012: Named Director of Reserve Intelligence Operations (N2R) for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet.

2013: Joined DIA to help establish the agency’s Reserve Integration Office.

2015: Became the Commanding Officer of JICCENT-0274, a joint Reserve intelligence unit based in

Jacksonville, FL that provides real-world intelligence support to the U.S. Central Command.

2016+: Joined NGA as the agency’s Industry Engagement Officer – part of the newly-formed Office of Ventures

and Innovation.

 

As a civilian, CAPT Myllenbeck worked in the high-technology industry in the Silicon Valley for more than 30-years in various public relations and marketing management assignments. During that time, he worked with companies including Apple Computer (personal computers), Novell (networking), Creative Labs (audio and 3D graphics), Sybase (database software) and IBM (software division). He was also

 

CAPT Myllenbeck earned his B.A. degree with honors in Public Relations from San Jose State University and is Accredited in Public Relations (APR) through the Public Relations Society of America. He is an associate member of the Board of Directors of the National Military Intelligence Foundation and a Legislation Liaison Volunteer for the Association of the U.S. Navy. CAPT Myllenbeck is married to the former Elizabeth DeWitt, and together they have four adult children. They maintain residences in Kenwood (Sonoma County), California and Alexandria, Virginia; and also own and operate a highly acclaimed California-inspired wine tasting room and bistro located in the metro Washington, D.C. area.