Commander, Defense Logistics Agency, Pacific

Navy Capt. Timothy Daniels received his commission in 1991 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program and upon graduation from the University of Idaho where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business/Economics. He is also a graduate of The George Washington University, holding a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Supply Chain Management and Management Decision Technologies; the U.S. Army War College resident education program, holding a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies; and the Wharton Business School Executive Development Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Daniels reported to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in June 2016 to serve as the Commander, Defense Logistics Agency Energy Pacific previous to being assigned as the Commander, Defense Logistics Agency Pacific in September 2016 as part of the DLA Command and Control regional alignment initiative. In his previous assignments, Daniels served as the Director of Supply Corps Personnel, and Director of the Detailing Division of Navy Personnel Command, Millington, Tennessee. This was preceded by a tour at Navy Personnel Command where he served as the Force Supply Director of Readiness for the Commander of the Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego, California. 

His sea duty assignments include: Supply Officer, USS PELELIU, San Diego, California; Supply Officer, USS LA SALLE, Gaeta, Italy; Services Officer, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, Norfolk, Virginia; and Supply Officer, USS TUNNY, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Captain Daniels deployed as a Navy Individual Augmentee in March 2007 and served as the Deputy for Plans, CJ4 Logistics Directorate, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, until redeploying in April 2008.

His assignments ashore include: Logistics Systems Team lead, Naval Supply Systems Command Headquarters, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania; Deputy Director, Business Change Management and Strategic Planning Directorate, Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Executive Assistant to the Director, Logistics Operations, Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fleet Petroleum Officer, Commander U. S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Deputy Director, Fleet Readiness Directorate, and Petroleum Officer Intern, Navy Petroleum Office, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Daniels is a qualified Submarine Warfare Supply Corps Officer and Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer. His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards).