Captain Peter J. Hatcher

Commanding Officer, NSF Diego Garcia

Captain Peter J. Hatcher, a native of Wellington, KS, graduated from the University of Kansas in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and was commissioned through the NROTC program. He completed flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in April 2002. In 2009, he earned an MBA from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Lieutenant Commander Angela Myers

Executive Officer, NSF Diego Garcia

Lieutenant Commander Angela Myers is a native of San Antonio, Texas. She is a 2011 graduate of the United States Naval Academy earning a Bachelor of Science in General Science and was commissioned into the United States Navy. Lieutenant Commander Myers also earned a Masters of Business Administration Degree in Financial Management from the Naval Post Graduate School, in Monterey, California in 2018.

CMDCM Anthony A. Royal

Command Master Chief, NSF Diego Garcia

Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Anthony Royal was raised in Birmingham, Alabama and enlisted in the Navy on November 22, 1988. He completed Recruit Training and Hospital Corps “A” School in Great lakes, IL; Field Medical Service School in Camp Johnson, NC; Expeditionary Combat Skill in Gulfport, MS; Riverine Combat Skill in Camp Lejeune, NC; earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration in Health Care Management from Saint Leo University; a graduate of Senior Enlisted Academy class 195; and Command Master Chief & Chief of the Boat Course (A-570-4500) Class 20040. Royal served six years ten months and 28 days on active duty during his first enlistment before transferring to the Naval Reserves, where he would spend the next six years. After the cowardly act of terrorists on September 11, 2001 Royal accepted a reduction of rank of three pay grades returning him to E-3 in order to return to active duty on November 28, 2001 where he continues to honorably serve his country to this day.