About the Series

The SITREP Speaker Series brings you the top minds of Navy leadership and gives them a platform to speak directly to the American public via livestream. This is a unique opportunity for Navy leadership to address a national audience, allowing this audience to ask questions about what the Navy is doing to defend our freedom and protect our way of life. 

Admiral Houston will join a long line of prestigious guests, including leaders such as the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Fleet Commanders, Chief of Naval Personnel, Chief of Navy Reserve, and more.

Previous topics have included opportunities and threats in the geostrategic landscape, integrated deterrence, the Navy’s ever-growing capabilities in information warfare and the cyber realm, our relationship with partner nations, workforce development, generating the Total Force, and more.

About the Speaker

Admiral Houston is a native of Buffalo, New York and graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He was commissioned via the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) program. He also holds a Master’s of Business Administration degree from the College of William and Mary’s Mason School of Business.

His sea tours include division officer assignments on USS Phoenix (SSN 702), Engineer Officer onboard USS Hampton (SSN 767), and Executive Officer onboard USS Tennessee (SSBN 734)(B). He commanded USS Hampton (SSN 767) in San Diego and was commodore of Submarine Squadron 20 in Kings Bay, Georgia.

His shore assignments include Flag Lieutenant for Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; the Atlantic Fleet Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board; Special Assistant to the Director of Naval Reactors for Personnel and Policy; Deputy Commander for Submarine Squadron 20; the Principal Director for Nuclear Matters within the Office of the Secretary of Defense; the Submarine and Nuclear

Community Manager, Military Personnel Plans and Policy (N133) and Division Director of Submarine and Nuclear Propulsion Distribution, Navy Personnel Command (PERS-42).

His Flag assignments include Deputy Director for Strategic Targeting and Nuclear Mission Planning (J5N) United States Strategic Command, Director of Operations, Naval Forces Europe-Africa Deputy Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, and Commander, Submarine Group 8, Director, Undersea Warfare Division, Office of Chief of Naval Operations (N97), Commander, Naval Submarine Forces, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Commander, Allied Submarine Command

Admiral Houston assumed his duties as Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in January 2024.

During the Event

Admiral Houston will speak about:

  • What he and his team are working on at Naval Reactors,
  • His biggest take aways from his first year as the Director of Naval Reactors,
  • What he would do to make shipbuilding more successful,
  • How the industrial base is adapting to keep up with rapidly advancing manufacturing techniques and demand signal,
  • and much more!