Captain Megan M. Grubbs
Commodore, Naval Beach Group (NBG) 2
03 October 2024
Captain Megan Grubbs is a native of California. She graduated from the University of San Diego in 2002 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and commissioned through NROTC.
Her operational assignments included duties as Communications Officer onboard USS ANZIO (CG 68), Training Officer onboard USS PREBLE (DDG 88), Weapons Officer and Combat Systems Officer onboard USS HIGGINS (DDG 76), and Executive Officer of Assault Craft Unit FOUR. From December 2019 to December 2022, Captain Grubbs first served as the Executive Officer and then Commanding Officer of Assault Craft Unit TWO. Captain Grubbs assumed command of Naval Beach Group TWO in August 2024.
Ashore, she served as the Force Navigator for Commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Strike Group Scheduling Officer at Undersea Warfighting Development Command San Diego, Chief Staff Officer for Naval Beach Group TWO, and Officer in Charge of Maritime Expeditionary Security Group TWO Training and Evaluation Unit.
Captain Grubbs attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and earned a Master of Arts degree in National Security Affairs, Far East Asia. Following her time at NPS, she attended the Defense Language Institute, where she studied Italian.
Her decorations include Meritorious Service Medal (5), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3), Navy Achievement Medal (2), and various individual, unit, and campaign awards.