Name Timothy Szymanski | ||
Timothy Gerard "Tim" Szymanski, a United States Navy Rear Admiral, is the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado, California.
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Early life and education
Rear Admiral Szymanski is a native of Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from the Salesianum School in 1980, where he was a three-year varsity letterman in wrestling and, in 1980, represented the United States in an international AAU Freestyle wrestling tournament in Tokyo, Japan. He then attended the U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School from 1980 to 1981, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1985.
He completed a Masters of Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy at Joint Advanced Warfighting School.
Career
After receiving his commission in 1985, Szymanski served in the Surface Warfare community and qualified as a surface warfare officer before transitioning to the SEALs.
Szymanski’s Naval Special Warfare (NSW) and operational assignments include platoon and task unit commander at SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. He served as troop and squadron commander and as operations officer and deputy commanding officer at Naval Special Warfare Development Group. He commanded Special Boat Unit 26, SEAL Team 2, O6-level Joint Task Force in Afghanistan, and Naval Special Warfare Group 2. He served as deputy commanding general sustainment to Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan/NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan.
Szymanski’s previous staff assignments include officer community Manager for NSW and enlisted community manager for SEALs, Navy Divers, Explosive Ordinance Disposal Technicians, and Special Warfare Combatant Craft crewmen. He served on the Joint Staff as the J3 deputy directorate for Special Operations as the Global War on Terror branch chief and as chief staff officer of Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination Cell.
On 3 August 2016, Szymanski succeeded Rear Admiral Brian L. Losey as Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command. His prior assignment was the assistant commanding general of Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Awards and decorations
Szymanski has received multiple awards and recognitions:
In 2015, Szymanski was inducted into Salesianum School's hall of fame.