Meet our next TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS instructor:

 

1.    Meet Scott “GAK” Gallagher, our newest TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS team member.  Scott is a fully-qualified US Navy F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighter pilot and TOPGUN graduate. He is also a member of TAC AIR. Scott brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and leadership to TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS. As a member of our team, he’ll share with you and your business colleagues his diverse experiences in managing challenging situations. Welcome to TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS, Scott!  

 SCOTT R. GALLAGHER
Scott is a self-described “team-oriented operational leader, financial manager and solutions provider.” He has 5 years of executive experience and 15 years of management history directing diverse, cross-functional teams in dynamic, challenging situations. He is adept at both strategic business planning and tactical execution, and his award-winning performance across multiple disciplines has come while part of several organizations. Especially skilled in high-pressure, multi-leveled environments, Scott is a polished communicator with two decades of public speaking experience at myriad venues.

Most recently, Scott was the commanding officer/chief operating officer of the VFA-94 in both California and Japan. There, he directed and guided all aspects of day-to-day operations, financials, strategic and tactical business direction and risk management for a $30,000,000 aviation operation. He expertly managed 5 diverse departments, including Operations, Aircraft Maintenance, Safety, Logistics and Training, with over 100 direct reports. (To give this some perspective, only 10% of eligible officers are ever chosen for Aviation Command-At-Sea).

Before this, Scott directed award-winning operations for US Navy aviation squadrons from 1999-2004. He expertly managed the daily, weekly, long-range plans and high-tempo operations for two F/A-18 squadrons. During this time, Scott garnered two major organizational awards and two US Navy-wide individual awards, including the Navy’s Top Carrier Aviator and Exceptional Pilot trophies. One of his key accomplishments during this time was reducing overall costs by 10% while simultaneously eliminating a four-month production backlog.

As an advanced combat-tactics instructor with over 3600 hours of flight time, Scott has some 600 aircraft carrier landings to his credit along with numerous Iraqi combat missions. He has also garnered  a multitude of individual medals and awards: the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, US Navy Achievement Medal and 9 other awards for excellence in operations from US Navy aircraft carriers around the world.

Meet Our Newest Team Member

    Come meet our newest TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS team member from Tac      Air. TAC AIR provides a wide range of aviation services: commercial air services for the government, aviation consulting and adversary air support. Virtually all of Tac Air’s members are former US Navy TOPGUN pilots. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS.  As members of our team they share with business and organizations this same level of professional expertise. Meet our newest team member “RC” Thompson.  We’ll be posting more team members in this ongoing series, so stay tuned….

Rolland C. Thompson

 RC comes to us by way of Tactical Air Support, Incorporated; TAC AIR for short. TAC AIR is a  veteran-owned small business incorporated in August of 2005. They provide a wide range of  aviation specialties: commercial air services for the U.S. Government, aviation consulting,  adversary air support and aviation-related systems engineering. RC currently serves as their  president. 

He previously served as Senior Director of Midwest Operations and Aviation Services for Ocean Systems Engineering Corporation (OSEC). There, RC’s division provided support to the United States Strategic Command in many areas, he built a division focused on tactics development, concept design, training programs and engineering and analytical-support services.

During this time, he built a division focused on tactics development, concept design, training programs and engineering and analytical support services.

Prior to joining OSEC, RC served 25 years in the Navy and 4 years in the Army. Some of his many assignments and positions included: “Exec” to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command; Commander of Operational Carrier Air Wing; Strike Warfare Commander for Operation Enduring Freedom; Commanding Officer of TOPGUN; Director of Training at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC); Operational Command of an F/A-18 squadron; and Deputy Director on the Navy Staff dealing with requirements and budget process.

His aviation experience also includes two instructor tours at TOPGUN and over 6500 hours in fighter aircraft, achieving full qualifications in the F/A-18, F-14, F-16N, A7, A4, and AH-1 with additional experience in the Mig-17/21 and Mig-29. RC was designated an Army Aviator at the age of 19 and has completed 3 combat deployments since that time.

RC holds a BS degree in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an MS in National Security Strategy from the National War College and an MBA from the University of Nebraska.

RC ,Welcome to TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS