DoN CM: Configuration Status Accounting

Richard Jethon became a Marine in 1986. In August 1990 Rich was assigned to HMH-461 aboard USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 during Operation Desert Storm.  Participated in the Evacuation of Embassy in Mogadishu Somalia.  Deployed on the USS Saipan and for missions in the Yugoslavia. in 2001 Rich transferred to DCMA Sikorsky as the Presidential Program Integrator. Returned to fleet and retired in 2008.  Served the Program, Organizational, Intermediate, and Depot Level maintenance activities. 

Joined NAVSUP in 2008. an expert In the Naval Aviation Enterprise he focused on reliability and cost. Rich participated in Operation Tomodachi and processed 60 million dollars’ worth of contaminated Navy material. Rich became DMSMS lead at NAVSUP WSS. In 2016 the NAVSUP DMSMS team won the DoD DMSMS award. Rich is a DAU level 3 lifecycle logistician and a level 2 Engineer.  Rich is a Configuration Management and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages subject matter expert.

Mr. Bryan David is the Configuration Management (CM) Lead for Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Weapon System Support (WSS). He helped establish NAVSUP’s CM Community of Practice and standardized procedures for the review, processing, and coordination of Requests for Variance and Engineering Change Proposals submitted via NAVSUP WSS contracts. A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. David has over 17 years of Naval aviation experience, including nine years on active duty as a Flight Engineer on the KC-130J Super Hercules, two years with Naval Air Systems Command as a Propeller Engineer, and six years as an Engineer/CM Lead with NAVSUP.