CDR Helen Uele-Honan

EXECUTIVE OFFICER, USS CHOSIN (CG 65)

26 July 2024 CDR Uele-Honan is a native of and raised in Utusi’a, American Samoa, and received her commission through the NROTC program at Washington State University and University of Idaho where she graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences.

Her first tour was aboard USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6), where she served as the Electronic Warfare Officer. In September 2012, she reported to the USS MOBILE BAY (CG 53) for her second Division Officer tour as the Damage Control Assistant.
 
Upon her successful completion of Department Head School she reported to the USS CHUNG HOON (DDG 93) as the Weapons Officer from June 2016 to October 2017. She then served aboard the USS PORT ROYAL (CG 73) as the Operations Officer from October 2017 to July 2019 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  She then reported to Destroyer Squadron THREE ONE in July 2019 where she served as J3 for Pacific Partnership 2020.

CDR Uele-Honan’s shore tours include, Assistant Diversity Officer at Commander Naval Surface Forces, Coronado, California from December 2009 to August 2012. In 2014 she attended the Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas where she completed JPME Phase I, and received her Master of Arts in Human Resource Management from Webster University.  From February 2021 to July 2023, CDR Uele-Honan was an Integration Officer in the OPNAV N53 Branch Cross-cutting Section, the Executive Assistant to OPNAV N5, and served as Deputy Executive Assistant to OPNAV N3N5.

Her awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and various unit and service awards.