Executive Officer

J. Russell Linderman

Captain, Medical Service Corps
Executive Officer
Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton
 

 A native of Pennsylvania, CAPT J. Russell “Crazy Juice” Linderman started out in biomedical research after receiving a B.S. in Pre-medicine from Penn State University and a Ph.D. in Physiology from the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine.  After graduating from WVU he completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

In November 1999, Russell was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy and began his training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida to become a Naval Aerospace and Operational Physiologist; he was designated in September 2000.  Throughout his 24 years of service, his appointments have included:

• Aeromedical Safety Officer (AMSO), Commander Strike Fighter Wing U.S. Pacific Fleet, Naval Air Station Lemoore, Lemoore, California.

Director, Human Performance Lab, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.

Site Director and Researcher, Joint Combat Casualty Research Team Kandahar Airfield, Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Director, Aviation Survival Training Center Miramar, Marine Corps Air Station, San Diego, California.

Wing AMSO, and Deputy DOSS 1^st Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan.

Navy Element Commander and Preservation of the Force and Family Lead at U.S. Special Operations Command Korea, Camp Humphreys, Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

Aerospace Physiology Lead, U.S. Navy Physiological Episodes Action Team, Arlington, Virginia.

Deputy Director of the Consortium of Health and Military Performance (CHAMP), a designated DoD Center of Excellence, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland.

 Assuming the role as Executive Officer in August 2024, CAPT Linderman is dedicated to improving Warfighter readiness and survivability in the most demanding and extreme environments through evidence-based human performance optimization research, spatial disorientation mitigation platforms, and environmental protection development.  As a career instructor, trainer, and leader he endeavors to achieve the mission of operational readiness through medical readiness, and by improving the performance and wellbeing of the DoD’s most valuable weapon system – its people.

Russell’s personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), the Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals (five awards), and other personal and unit awards.