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Captain Ryan Gaul

Commanding Officer, NSA Washington
Captain Gaul graduated from the University of Notre Dame and commissioned through Navy ROTC in 2000. He became a Naval Aviator in 2001, served in HS-8 and Carrier Air Wing THREE, and commanded HS-14. More recently, he served as branch chief in the Joint Staff, J8 Joint Capabilities Division.
Commander Brett Lukasik

Executive Officer, NSA Washington
Commander Brett Lukasik is a native of Allentown, New Jersey, and a 1996 graduate of Rowan University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications.
CMDCM (SW/AW/IW) Laterrance "Jay" Jackson

Command Master Chief, NSA Washington
Master Chief Jackson is a native of Boston, Massachusetts and Atlanta, Georgia, and enlisted in the United States Navy in September 1995, attending Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois.
Mr. Gilbert Elliott Jr.

Deputy Commanding Officer, NSA Washington
Mr. Gilbert Elliott Jr., a native of Cleveland Ohio, began his government service September 1964 in the United States Marine Corps, retiring from active duty after 32 years of service in September 1996.

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