LCDR Jared M. Mallis
Former Senior Military Fellow
United States Navy
LCDR Jared Mallis is a former senior military fellow at the Center for a New American Security.
He hails from Taylor, PA. He attended The Pennsylvania State University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in History and was commissioned in 2006 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC). He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School of Management at The University of New Mexico.
His sea duty assignments include: operations officer in USS New York (LPD 21), executive officer USS New York (LPD 21), combat systems officer in USS New York (LPD 21), division officer tours as electrical officer in USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), and auxiliaries officer in USS John L Hall (FFG 32). During his career he has made several deployments around the world from the Atlantic Ocean, Baltic, Black, and Mediterranean Seas as well as Arabian Gulf and Horn of Africa. While on New York they earned the “Battle E” award for operational excellence.
His assignments ashore were as an NROTC instructor at the University of New Mexico and most recently as a Requirements Officer for the Chief of Naval Operations under the Director, Expeditionary Warfare (OPNAV N95). During his time at N95 he worked on the Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) class program as well as various landing craft to include the Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft Utility (LCU), and Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) programs.
His decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal (four awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards), and various service and campaign awards.