Richard Thomas Brophy Jr. is a

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and

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who serves as Chief of Naval Air Training since July 19, 2022. He most recently served as commander of

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from May 17, 2021, to July 8, 2022. He previously served as commander of the

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from May 2019 to May 2021, with commands of

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from January 2015 to June 2016 and Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 from 2007 to 2009. A native of

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, Brophy was commissioned via the

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in 1991. He earned an M.S. degree in management from

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and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1994. He graduated from the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN), and later in 2010 earned an M.A. degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the

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. In February 2023, he was nominated for promotion to

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