- October 11, 2024
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Paul Werner graduated from the University of Utah in 1980 with a bachelor of science in physics and was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. After flight training at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, he was designated a naval flight officer. He was trained on the S-3A Viking and assigned to Air Antisubmarine Squadron Thirty-Three (VS-33) at NAS North Island, San Diego, where he accumulated more than 1,200 flight hours and 200 carrier arrested landings. Werner completed two Western Pacific Indian Ocean deployments (WESTPACs) and was designated to attend the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California, where he earned a master of science degree in physics. Upon graduation, he was selected for the Military Research Program and assigned to Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he performed basic research and development on particle beams for the “Star Wars” program. Werner finished his formal education in 1991, earning a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, specializing in pulsed power and plasma physics. He transferred to the Naval Reserves and completed several tours in Naval Air Systems Command (NASC) units. As commanding officer of NASC 0176, he received the Rear Admiral Hugh Smith Award for the 2005 NAVAIR Reserve Program Unit of the Year. Werner joined the Navy Reserve Science and Technology Program, where he served as commanding officer of the Naval Research Lab Headquarters Unit. In 2010, he was recalled to active duty to serve as chief systems engineer of the Operationally Responsive Space Office, a joint command, on Kirtland Air Force Base until retirement in 2011. Werner is now blissfully retired in Palm Coast and is the incoming commander of American Legion Post 115.
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