Michael Junge is a Captain in the United States Navy and career Surface Warfare Officer who served afloat in USS Moosbrugger (DD 980), USS Underwood (FFG 36), USS Wasp (LHD 1), USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) and was the 14th Commanding Officer of USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). Ashore he served with Navy Recruiting; Assault Craft Unit 4; Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, Headquarters, Marine Corps; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communication Networks (N6); and with the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy (B.S., 1990), The George Washington University (M.A., 2002), the United States Naval War College (M.A., 2004), and Salve Regina University (Ph.D., 2015). He has written extensively with articles appearing in the United States Naval Institute Proceedings magazine, and on the blogs "Information Dissemination," "War on the Rocks," and "Commander Salamander."