Executive Officer
Cmdr. Flannery W. Macynski
Cmdr. Flannery W. Macynski, a native of Beaufort, South Carolina, graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and received her commission in May 2008. She was designated a Naval Aviator in February 2011 and reported to the “Airwolves” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 40 to qualify as a MH-60R Seahawk pilot.
She began her fleet operational tours as a “Spartan” of HSM-70 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville where she served as Detachment Two training officer onboard USS Halyburton (FFG 40) supporting counter-piracy operations with Standing NATO Maritime Group Two. She returned to serve as the squadron assistant operations officer deployed onboard USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Inherent Resolve. During her department head tour with the “Vipers” of HSM-48 at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, she served as Detachment Two officer-in-charge onboard USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), embarking their first ever air detachment and serving as their initial Aviation Department head. She returned to serve as HSM-48’s squadron maintenance officer.
Ashore, she was assigned to the “Pioneers” of VX-1, where she served as rotary wing operations officer and operational test director for the C-130 Hercules, conducting operational and integrated testing for the Harvest Hawk, Aircraft Obsolescence upgrade, DoN LAIRCM, and all other associated Navy and Marine Corps Hercules programs. In FY 2018, she was selected as the HSM community recipient of the Fleet Scholar Education Program scholarship. She attended Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy where she earned a Master of Public Policy in May of 2020. In December 2022, she reported to the Chief of Naval Operations staff as an aviation analyst for the Programming Division’s N801 “Bullpen.”
Cmdr. Macynski’s awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, and various campaign, unit, and service awards. She was selected as Officer of the Year 2014 (HSM-70), Officer of the Year 2022 (HSM-48), and was peer-selected for the Navy and Marine Corps Association Leadership Award 2014 (Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic).