Cmdr. McGuinnis
EXECUTIVE OFFICER, USS PATRICK GALLAGHER (DDG 127)
16 May 2024
A 2007 graduate from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Commander McGuinnis earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Business Administration. She is originally from Midland, Michigan and commissioned through ROTC in December 2007.
A Surface Warfare Officer, she served tours in USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57) as Communications Officer, USS PEARL HARBOR (LSD 52) as Training Officer, and USS SHOUP (DDG 86) as Weapons Officer and fleeted up to Combat Systems Officer.
Ashore, CDR McGuinnis served as a Tomahawk Mission Planner at COMUSNAVCENT in Bahrain and earned a master’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in Manpower Systems Analysis Management as well as JPME Phase I. She completed a tour as N74, Action Officer for Training and Readiness to Commander Naval Surface Forces Atlantic and then as the Reserve Program Director for CNSL.
Her personal decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (three awards), Navy Achievement Medal (four awards), and various unit, campaign, and service awards.