CAPT Garrett Miller

Past Commanding Officer, USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001)

10 December 2021 Captain Garett H. Miller, a native of Daytona Beach, Florida, enlisted in the United States Navy as a Quartermaster in 1991 and was assigned to the pre-commissioning crew of USS SHILOH (CG 67).  He was selected for the Enlisted Commissioning Program in 1996, attended San Diego State University, and commissioned in December 1997.

Captain Miller’s sea duty assignments include: Commanding Officer of USS FITZGERALD (DDG 62) from August 2017 to January 2020; Commanding Officer and Executive Officer of USS DECATUR (DDG 73) 2013 to 2016; Combat Systems Officer and Weapons Officer in USS LABOON (DDG 58), one of three ships in the first Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Sea Swap experiment; commissioning Fire Control Officer on USS MCCAMPBELL (DDG 85); and Gunnery Officer and Damage Control Assistant in USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD 980).

Ashore, he completed a joint tour at United States Central Command, serving as the Secretary of Joint Staff Director. He also served as an Exercise Planner in U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. Fourth Fleet in Mayport, Florida. His most recent shore assignment was the Commanding Officer of Regional Support Organization, Pacific Northwest, serving as COMNAVSURFPAC’s Regional Executive Agent for the Pacific Northwest Region.
 
Currently, CAPT Miller serves as the Commanding Officer in USS MICHAEL MONSOOR (DDG 1001).

CAPT Miller holds a Masters of Business Administration degree (Financial Management subspecialty) from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

CAPT Miller’s personal awards include the Joint Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy Commendation Medal (three awards), and the Navy Achievement Medal (four awards).