John Okon

Rear Admiral Okon is a retired U.S. Naval Officer with more than 33 years of service. Most recently, he served as the Vice Commander of the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command’s Tenth Fleet, Senior Oceanographer in U.S. Department of Defense, and U.S. Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Community Lead. Prior to this, he served as Director of Information Warfare Integration for the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commander of the U.S. Navy’s Meteorology and Oceanography Command. During that time, he served additional roles as Oceanographer of the Navy and Naval Deputy to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Rear Admiral Okon is a proud alumnus of SUNY Maritime College, having earned a B.S. in Meteorology and Oceanography in 1991. He has also earned an M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and an M.A. in National Security Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.