R3 is excited to welcome aboard John Coffey. John retired from the U.S. Navy in 2015 after completing 26 years of naval service. John’s distinguished Navy career included a variety of worldwide leadership assignments including service as Commander, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group TWO, and Commanding Officer, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit TWO. Additionally, John served as Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force Troy in Iraq, Commander, Task Group 56.1 in CENTCOM, and Commander, Joint Task Force Troy-North in Iraq.
John brings tremendous leadership and management talent to R3 as well as expertise in program and personnel management, resourcing, strategic and operational planning, and EOD and counter-IED operations. In addition to his leadership assignments, John served on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff where he managed the Navy’s multi-billion dollar weapons budget, U.S. Fleet Forces Command where he oversaw the execution of the Navy’s Fleet Readiness Training Plan, and the Navy Personnel Command where he managed the assignment and distribution of the Navy’s Special Operations/EOD Officer community.
John holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the United States Naval Academy, a Master of Arts in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island, and graduated with highest distinction from the Naval War College, where he earned a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. John will lead R3 tasks in support of NATO Allied Transformation Command’s C-IED division.
necessary to underpin a C-IED effort and integration with other relevant NATO programs, and produce actionable solutions to near, medium and long-term capability shortfalls to countering asymmetric threats. Our support includes the C-IED functional areas of Policy, Concept, Doctrine Development and Experimentation Support. We will assist with assembly of future year’s programs and the C-IED Program’s normal daily operations, experimentation events and annual training plans. R3’s Subject Matter Experts will focus in two main areas: Attacking The Network Operations and Defeating the Device. We are excited to expand our long-standing support to US Department of Defense Counter IED organizations into NATO headquarters and member nations.
subordinate units with field training and field exercises primarily conducted at Fort Hunter Liggett, Camp Roberts and Point Mugu, CA. R3 staff will provide classroom and field training instruction consisting of practical application in a field environment to cover course learning objectives, evaluate students, and perform range coach functions during live fire training evolutions required for weapons employment.