LT. CMDR. MICHAEL R. LIDESTRI
OFFICER IN CHARGE, NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS DETACHMENT KOREA
22 January 2026
Lieutenant Commander Lidestri hails from Connecticut, and a 2006 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, and was commissioned as a cryptologic warfare officer in 2012. He also holds a Master of Science in Cyber Systems and Operations from the Naval Postgraduate School.
At sea, for his first operational assignment he was assigned as subsurface direct support officer for Navy Information Operations Command Hawaii. As a follow-on assignment, he served as the information warfare officer in USS DECATUR (DDG 73).
Ashore, he served as the cryptologic resource coordinator and staff cryptologist for Commander, Submarine Group 7/Commander, Task Force 74 in Yokosuka, Japan and the Team Lead for 500 Cyber Combat Mission Team in Hawaii.
He assumed his current duties as the Navy Information Operations Detachment Korea Officer In Charge in September 2024.
Lieutenant Commander Lidestri is authorized to wear the Navy Commendation Medal (three awards), Navy Achievement Medal (two awards), and various unit and campaign awards.