Executive Officer
Cmdr. Stephen Mattingly

Cmdr. Stephen Mattingly is a native of Hughesville, Maryland. He graduated from The Citadel in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School. He earned his “wings of gold” in June of 2009.
 
At sea, Mattingly’s operational tours began with the “Chargers” of HSC-26, where he deployed twice to the Kingdom of Bahrain in support of Commander, Task Force (CTF) 53. He served as the Assistant Operations Officer onboard CVN-74 and completed the 2018-2019 “around-the-world” deployment with Carrier Strike Group Three (CSG-3) earning both his officer of the deck (OOD) underway and command duty officer (CDO) underway qualifications. As a department head, he returned to HSC-26 serving as the operations officer, officer in charge, and maintenance officer; he deployed again to the Kingdom of Bahrain in support of CTF-53. 
 
Ashore, Mattingly was a Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) instructor pilot with HSC-2 and served as the Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL) MH-60S NATOPS Evaluator. Additionally, he served as the helicopter department head/O-4 assignments officer at Naval Personnel Command (NPC). 
 
He reported to HSC-28 as the Executive Officer in May 2024.

Mattingly has flown over 1,800 rotary wing flight hours. His personal awards include the Navy Commendation Medal (four awards), Navy Achievement Medal, various unit and campaign awards, and he received the Navy and Marine Corps Association Leadership Award in 2021. Additionally, he has served on teams recognized with two “Battle E” designations.