Rear Adm. MIchael Baze, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 3
Our honored guest for our Special Fleet Week Luncheon will be Rear Admiral Michael "Mouse" Baze, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 3 along with Sailors and Marines in San Francisco for Fleet Week.
If you would like to attend by ZOOM, please use the link below:
Meeting ID: 834 421 5425
Passcode: 7041890
+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
Rear Adm. Baze is a native of San Antonio, Texas, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Rice University. He was commissioned through Aviation Officer Candidate School in 1990 and designated a Naval Aviator in 1992.
He deployed multiple times flying the SH-60B in support of detachment and carrier operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom — assigned to HSL 45 in 1992-1996 as a first tour pilot, and HSL 47 in June 2002-October 2004 as Safety and Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization officer, Det. 5 officer in charge, and squadron maintenance officer in San Diego, California. He served as a flight instructor, operations and administrative officer twice at HSL 41 July 1996-March 1998, and September 2001-June 2002.
Rear Adm. Baze was an aide to President, Board of Inspection and Survey in Norfolk, Virginia, in April 1998-August 1999. He subsequently received a Master of Science in National Security Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, 1999-2001, serving also as an associate fellow on the Chief of Naval Operations’ Strategic Studies Group.
His staff assignments included service on the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C. as an action officer in the J-3 Joint Operations Division, and then an aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in January 2005-November 2006. He served as deputy director for Aviation Distribution and Head Air Combat Placement Officer at Navy Personnel Command in March 2010-February 2012, and later became Director of Aviation Warfare Distribution (PERS-43) December 2016-July 2019 in Millington, Tennessee.
He most recently served as director of Maritime Headquarters (N4/5/8/9) at U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa, and U.S. Sixth Fleet.
In command, he led the men and women of HSL 45 and USS America (LHA 6).
At HSL 45 in San Diego, August 2007-February 2010, his squadron was awarded the Battle “E” twice, the Golden Wrench Award for Maintenance Excellence, and the Commander, Pacific Fleet Retention Excellence Award for three consecutive years. As Executive and then Commanding Officer of USS America (LHA 6), in July 2012-August 2016, he shepherded America from the early pre-commissioning phase, a U.S. Fourth Fleet deployment, commissioning, first-in-class tests and trials, RIMPAC 2016 Exercise, and readiness for Joint Strike Fighter Developmental Testing-III.
Rear Adm. Baze assumed duties as Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 3 in June 2021.
All Attendees MUST show proof of Covid vaccination in order to attend ANY of our events. This is a State and City Requirement.
$40 per person at the door
Social Hour 11:00 a.m. and Luncheon at 12:00 p.m., followed by our speaker/presentation. Secure at 13:30. Guests are welcome. Since we expect about 30 USN/USMC attendees accompanying RDML Baze, we need to give the Italian Athletic Club a good count so that they can set up and have enough meals available. Therefore, we need an accurate count of companions and their guests who expect to attend. Please RSVP directly to Cmdr Redding at gene5982@yahoo.com and MCCS Hansen at jocsusnr@aol.com. Be sure to provide your name and your guest's name (if any) in your reply.
The Italian Athletic Club is on Washington Square at 1630 Stockton St. (between Filbert and Union and near Columbus and Powell), San Francisco, (415) 781-0165
Please Call IAC for information about validated parking
