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NVWG Commanders Roster

Maj. E.J. Questa, CAP

Dec 1941 – 15 September 1942

Maj. Carl F. Johnson, CAP

15 September 1942 – 27 September 1943

Col. Eugene Howell, CAP

20 September 1943 – 23 March 1949

Col. Weld Arnold, CAP

23 March 1949 – 13 November 1953

Col. Newton Crumley, Jr, CAP

13 November 1953 – September 1954

Col. Raymond A. Smith, CAP

Sept 1954 - Feb 1962

Co.l N. Arthur Soul, CAP

June 1962 – Oct 1964 1963

Col. Raymond A. Smith, CAP

Oct 1964 - Mar 1965

Col. Gordon G. Melcher, CAP

March 1965 - Jan 1966

Col. William Thomas, CAP

Jan 1966 - May 1966

Col. Frank D. Landis, CAP

May 1966 – Oct 1971

Col. Joseph Ferrara, CAP

Oct 1972 – Dec 1978

Col. W. Vernon Bolt, Jr, CAP

Dec 1978 - Jan 1982

Col. Bradford L. Sharp, CAP

Jan 1982 - April 1987

Col. Don L. Schwartz, CAP

1987 -1989

Col. Robert M. Roser, CAP

April 1989 - March 1994

Col. Phil Brown, CAP

1995 – 1997

Col. Carl W. Carothers, CAP

1998 – 2000

Col. Matthew B. Wallace, CAP

2001, 2002

Col. Dion E. DeCamp, CAP

March 2003 - 8 November 2007

Col. Ralph L. Miller, CAP

9 November 2007 – 31 October 2011

Col. Timothy Hahn, CAP

31 October 2011 – 24 October 2015

Col. Carol Lynn, CAP 

24 October 2015 – 18 January 2019

Col. Deborah A. Pierce, CAP

18 January 2019 - 3 March 2023

Col. Brian C. Howard, CAP

3 March 2023 - present

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