Captain Todd Moore

A native of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, Captain Moore graduated from Hamilton College in 1995 with degrees in Physics and Classical Studies.

He served at sea aboard USS PASADENA (SSN 752) as a division officer; USS ASHEVILLE (SSN 758) as the Combat Systems Officer; and USS GEORGIA (SSGN 729) as Executive Officer, completing three western Pacific and one Indian Ocean deployments.

Captain Moore commanded USS NEW MEXICO (SSN 779) from 2013 to 2016, completing a Northern Atlantic deployment. He also commanded USS MONTPELIER (SSN 765) from 2018 to 2019.

Ashore, he served as a United Nations Military Observer for the MINURSO mission in Western Sahara; the lead tactics instructor at the Naval Submarine School; and as a branch chief in the Capability and Resource Integration directorate of U.S. Strategic Command. He also served as a Deputy on the staffs of Submarine Squadron TWELVE and Submarine Squadron FOUR, and as a Prospective Commanding Officer and Intermediate Leadership Course instructor at the Naval Leadership & Ethics Center. He served as the 52nd Commanding Officer of Naval Submarine Base New London.

Captain Moore attended the Naval War College, earning a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies and representing the United States in the international course of the Naval Staff College. In 2007, he completed advanced, joint warfare training at the Joint Forces Staff College’s Joint and Combined War-fighting School.

He assumed his current duties as Chief of Staff, Undersea Warfighting Development Center in April 2023.