New leadership at Indian Island base

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Posted 1/29/25

 

 

Cmdr. R.J. Jameson relieved Cmdr. Todd Galvin as commanding officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island during a change-of-command ceremony Jan. 24 in Port Townsend.

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New leadership at Indian Island base

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Cmdr. R.J. Jameson relieved Cmdr. Todd Galvin as commanding officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island during a change-of-command ceremony Jan. 24 in Port Townsend.

Galvin had commanded Naval Magazine Indian Island since 2023, and has logged more than 2,400 flight hours.Prior to that, Galvin served as the Lead for Rotational Global Force Management Processes in the Future Operations Directorate at U.S. Africa Command.

Galvin will now be joining USS George Washington (CVN 73), homeported in Yokosuka, Japan.

Jameson graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 2009, with a bachelor of science degree in marine engineering systems.

Jameson completed his first flying sea tour attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 70 as the squadron search-and-rescue officer, and later as the assistant operations officer.

Other afloat tours included deployments throughout the Mediterranean, Black and Red seas aboard the USS Truxtun (DDG 103); throughout the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf aboard the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77); and in the East and South China seas aboard USS Green Bay (LPD 20).

Jameson recently graduated from the U.S. Naval War College, with highest distinction, with a master of arts degree in defense and strategic studies, and while there, also completed the Maritime Advanced Warfighting School research program.

Naval Magazine Indian Island is the U.S. Navy’s premier deep-water ammunition port on the West Coast.

Its 1,600-foot pier can handle the largest Navy and commercial vessels afloat, and the 2,700-acre island is also home to more than 100 magazines, that store conventional munitions ranging from small arms ammunition to aircraft ordnance to ship-launched missiles.

Approximately 200 military and civilian personnel work on the installation, which annually supports an average of 50 port visits from ships and submarines, responds to about 50 off-base fire and emergency service calls per year, and protects a variety of archeological sites and endangered species.