CAPT Gerald T. DeLong
Commanding Officer
Medical Service Corps
United States Navy
Captain (CAPT) Gerald
DeLong, a native of Belvidere, Illinois, graduated from Eastern Illinois
University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree (Zoology) and from
Mississippi State University in 1995 with a Master of Science degree
(Veterinary Medical Science). He joined the United States Navy in 1997 as a
Medical Service Corps Officer and received his initial industrial hygiene
training at Norfolk Naval Shipyard while assigned to Navy Medical Center
Portsmouth.
Operationally, aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower,
CAPT DeLong completed a Mediterranean deployment as a Division Officer in the
Safety Department. CAPT DeLong served as a Department Head at Navy
Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 2. He deployed with Army Forces
operating out of Kuwait where he had oversight of theatre industrial hygiene
services and the detection of chemical and biological warfare agents.
Ashore, CAPT DeLong was selected for Duty Under
Instruction and attended Virginia Commonwealth University where he received a
Doctor of Philosophy degree (Pharmacology and Toxicology). While assigned to
Uniformed Services University, CAPT DeLong was an Assistant Professor and the
Director of the Environmental Health Sciences Graduate Program. In 2011, CAPT
DeLong became the Officer in Charge for the Portsmouth Detachment of the Naval
Inspector General where he was responsible for conducting special studies as
directed by the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations and the
Naval Inspector General. CAPT DeLong was the Safety Assurance Division Head at
the Naval Safety Center. In 2017, he reported as the Commanding Officer of
Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center. He is currently serving as the
Deputy Commander of Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center and is the
perspective Commanding Officer of Navy Medical Research Unit San Antonio.
In 2011, CAPT DeLong earned the elite
designation of Certified Industrial Hygienist awarded by the American Board of
Industrial Hygiene. CAPT DeLong’s published research interests have included
behavioral pharmacology, drugs of abuse, drug testing procedures, biological
effects of environmental toxicants and analytical detection of toxic industrial
chemicals and chemical warfare agents. His awards include the Legion of Merit,
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine
Corps Commendation Medal (three), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and
other personal, campaign, and unit awards.