CDR Travis A. Montplaisir

Past Executive Officer, USS Barry (DDG 52)

20 May 2019 CDR Montplaisir is a native of Columbia, Missouri and enlisted in the United States Navy in September 1993. He reported to Recruit Training Command Great Lakes the following year.  He was commissioned in 2003 via the Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida. His sea duty assignments include USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) as an enlisted Sailor, Combat Information Center Officer and First Lieutenant in USS TIGONDEROGA (CG 47), Auxiliaries Officer in USS DE WERT (FFG 45), Engineer Officer in USS ROOSEVELT (DDG 80), and Commanding Officer in USS SIROCCO (PC 6).

His shore duty assignments include the staffs of United States Naval Forces Central Command/United States 5th Fleet, Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Unit Michigan, Destroyer Squadron 15 embarking in USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73), and United States Indo-Pacific Command. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Missouri and a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia College. 

His decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (3), the Good Conduct Medal, and various unit and service decorations.