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CDR Robert Wayland
COMMANDING OFFICER, USS WILLIAM P. LAWRENCE (DDG 110)
30 April 2024
Commander Robert Wayland
Commander Robert Wayland
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CDR Bobby Wayland is a native of Concord, Massachusetts and enlisted in the Navy as a Cryptologic Technician Administrative (CTA) in 2001. He was later admitted to the US Naval Academy and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in English.
Afloat, he served in USS MAHAN (DDG 72) as the Strike Officer. Subsequently, he served as the ship’s Navigator. As a department head, he served as the Weapons Officer and then Combat Systems Officer in USS WAYNE E. MEYER (DDG 108).
Ashore, he served as a Tomahawk mission planner on the staff of Commander, US Sixth Fleet and as Junior Military Advisor to the Secretary of the Navy.
He reported as Executive Officer onboard USS PIONEER in May of 2017 and was in command of PIONEER from October 2018 to March 2020.
CDR Wayland’s most recent assignment was as the Executive Officer onboard USS WILLIAM P. LAWRENCE from May 2022 through March 2024.
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