Capt. Thomas J. Gilmore
Commander, Naval Information Warfare Training Group (NIWTG)
07 July 2025
Capt. Gilmore is a native of Western Pennsylvania and was commissioned a Distinguished Naval Graduate through the Navy ROTC program at the Citadel, where he earned a BA in History and was the Commander of the school’s Summerall Guards. His initial tours of duty were in Surface Warfare on USS Cushing (DD 985), homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, and USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), homeported in La Maddalena, Italy. Following a tour as an NROTC Instructor at Texas A&M University, Gilmore executed a lateral transfer to Naval Intelligence.
Operational Intelligence assignments included duty as Assistant N2 for Carrier Strike Group EIGHT / Eisenhower Strike Group, a deployable Intelligence Planner at Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, Senior Intelligence Officer for USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Fleet Intelligence Officer (N2) and Deputy Maritime Operations Center Director for Commander, U.S. Second Fleet, and Information Warfare Commander for Carrier Strike Group FOUR. During his time on Bush, the ship earned the Battle “E,” the Naval Air Forces Atlantic Excellence Award for Intelligence and Information Warfare, and Gilmore was the recipient of the 2017 Navy & Marine Association peer-selected leadership award.
Intelligence shore assignments included duty at the Office of Naval Intelligence, as Deputy Executive Assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence (OPNAV N2), and selection as the Navy’s Federal Executive Fellow at the RAND Corporation. Gilmore also completed a tour on the Joint Staff (J2), where he worked in a variety of positions centered on Plans, Strategy, and Exercises and served on the transition team for the 20
th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 2020 he established and became the first Vice Deputy Director for Warfighting Development (Joint Staff J27).
In June 2025, he assumed duties as Commander, Naval Information Warfare Training Group which is responsible for three subordinate commands, two detachments and two reserve commands.
Gilmore has completed numerous deployments in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Inherent Resolve, and Juniper Micron. He is a fully qualified Joint Officer and holds an MS from Troy State University (International Relations), and an MA from the Naval War College (with Highest Distinction). While at the Naval War College, Gilmore was selected to be a member of the HALSEY BRAVO research group. He is also a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI Fellow.