Commanding Officer (CO)
CAPT Jeremy R. "J.R." Hill, USN
CAPT Jeremy Hill is from Star Prairie, Wisconsin. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy and received his commission in 1995.
His sea tours include USS SCOTT (DDG 995), USS CARR (FFG 52), USS DEYO (DD 989), USS CORMORANT (MHC 57), USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19), and USS TAYLOR (FFG 50). CAPT Hill completed his command tours of USS TAYLOR in November 2012 and USS PORTLAND (LPD 27) in September 2018.
His shore assignments include U.S. Naval War College, Chief of Naval Operation’s Strategic Studies Group XXIII, Deputy Seabasing Branch in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Assessment Division N81, Executive Assistant to Commander, U.S. SIXTH Fleet, Chief, Requirements Management Branch on the Joint Staff, Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment Directorate, J-8, Joint Capabilities Division and the Amphibious Warfare Branch Head in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Expeditionary Warfare OPNAV N95. CAPT Hill recently completed his tour as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Readiness and Logistics, OPNAV N4.
He completed a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. Additionally, he completed a Masters of Systems Analysis and an Executive Masters of Business Administration from Naval Post Graduate School.
CAPT Hill’s personal awards and decorations include: the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (w/1 star), Meritorious Service Medal (w/3 stars), Navy Commendation Medal (w/3 stars), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (w/2 stars), and various service awards.
Executive Officer (XO)
CDR David Cordova, USN
Commander David Cordova, a native of Belen, New Mexico, enlisted in the U.S. Navy completing Basic training at Recruit Training Command San Diego, California as an Airman Recruit in 1990. During his enlisted service, he served as both an Aviation Machinists Mate Naval Aircrewman and Hospital Corpsman holding an NEC as an Aviation Physiology Instructor. Selected for the Enlisted Commissioning Program in 1999, he earned a Bachelor degree in Human Physiology and Kinesiology and commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) at the University of Colorado in 2001. He is also a 2009 graduate of the University of South Carolina where he earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in International Finance.
Commander Cordova was designated a Naval Flight Officer after earning his Wings of Gold in 2003. His operational flying tours include Patrol Squadron 8 (VP-8) “Fighting Tigers” based out of Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine. While at VP-8 serving as a Combat Aircrew Tactical Coordinator and Mission Commander, he completed three Arabian Gulf, Horn of Africa and Western Pacific deployments in support of the Global War on Terror and Operation Unified Assistance participating in Indonesian tsunami humanitarian and disaster relief efforts. His Operational Department Head tour was with the “Tridents” of Patrol Squadron 26 (VP-26) based out of Jacksonville, Florida. While in VP-26 he served as the Administrative Officer, Tactics Officer, Officer-In-Charge Detachment Misawa, Japan and Maintenance Officer completing two deployments to both the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet AOR’s in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Inherent Resolve.
Additional operational tours include; Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Fifty (VRC-50) “Foo Dogs” during his enlisted service based out of Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Philippines and operated from Kadena, Japan and Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. During this tour, he competed three Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf Deployments in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Catapult and Arresting Gear Officer “Shooter” aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) home ported out of San Diego, California where he served as Air Department Fuels Division Officer, Catapult and Arresting Gear Officer and the “TOP CAT” where he completed two more deployments to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet AORs supporting Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn; USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) as the ships Safety Officer, home ported out of Norfolk, Virginia, where he deployed to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet AORs supporting Dynamic Force Employment tasking and Operation Freedom Sentinel.
Commander Cordova also served overseas with Commander Task Force Fifty Seven (CTF-57) in Manama, Bahrain as the Current Operations Officer and Tactical Operations Center Officer-In-Charge, responsible for all Joint and Allied Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft flight missions and coordinated tasking directly supporting Theater and Fleet Commanders during Operations Inherent Resolve and Decisive Shield. His other shore assignments include; Aviation Survival Training Center, Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii where he served as an Aviation Physiology and Water Survival Instructor; the University of South Carolina, NROTC Unit as a Naval Science Instructor and Air Warfare Officer; Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida as the Air Operations Officer where he managed all airfield operations, oversaw a $92 million dollar runway re-construction project, served as the Emergency Operations Center Director and Aviation Safety Officer. In August 2021, he reported to the Jacksonville University NROTC Unit as the Executive Officer.
Commander Cordova has operated in every geographic combatant command region, logged more than 3,500 flight hours, holds several shipboard and aircraft qualifications and instructed at university and military institutions. His personal decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (2), Navy Commendation Medal (4), Navy Achievement Medal (3) and various other unit and service awards.
Marine Officer Instructor (MOI)
Capt Kimberly Schultz, USMC
On May 16, 1983, Kimberly L. Schultz was born at the Naval Hospital in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After graduating from Coronado High School in Coronado, CA in 2001 and attending college for three years at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, FL, she enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. PFC Schultz completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, SC in October of 2006. PFC Schultz was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal upon completion of Supply Administration School in January of 2007 and then reported to 1st Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, in Camp Pendleton, CA.
LCpl Schultz was assigned to the Initial Issue Provisioning section where she was promoted to the rank of Corporal in July 2007. In February of 2008, Cpl Schultz deployed with Combat Logistics Regiment 15 (-) (Rein) as the Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Initial Issue Provisioning on Camp Al Taqqadum, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In May 2008, she was Combat Meritoriously promoted to the rank of Sergeant. While there, she was instrumental in supplying over 45 units in the Area of Operation with over $400 million in assets.
In September of 2008, Sgt Schultz volunteered to remain in Iraq and was transferred to Combat Logistics Regiment 17, G-8 Base Operations section, where she worked as the Contracting and Procurement NCOIC until March of 2009. There she drafted Letters of Justification, Scopes of Work, and receipted for and approved contractor bids for projects that included the demilitarization of West Camp Habbaniyah and the Joint Air Cargo Operations Terminal. She also led a civil affairs project that provided local homeless Iraqis shelter utilizing materials unserviceable for intended military purposes.
After returning from Iraq, Sgt Schultz was assigned to 1st Supply Battalion, Battalion Supply where she was the Supply Administrative Chief. In March of 2010, Sgt Schultz deployed as the Supply Management Unit Fiscal Chief with Combat Logistics Regiment 15 (-) (Rein) on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. There, she was directly responsible for managing the largest fiscal account in the Regional Command (Southwest) Area of Responsibility with amounts in excess of $596 million. In September of 2010, Sgt Schultz was selected for the rank of SSgt and was promoted in August of 2011.
In December of 2010, Sgt Schultz was assigned to Inspector-Instructor Duty in Aurora, Colorado as the Supply Chief for Production and Analysis Company, Intelligence Support Battalion. She was responsible for equipment, weapons, lodging and messing for seven detachments located in four different states, and was the Deputy Family Readiness Officer and Uniformed Victim Advocate for Intelligence Support Battalion. In July 2014, SSgt Schultz left active duty and joined the Selected Marine Corps Reserve. She completed a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Maryland University College and began to pursue a Master’s Degree in Finance at the University of Denver. After 6 months, she joined the Individual Augmentee detachment at the Deployment Processing Command/Reserve Support Unit-East aboard Camp Lejeune, NC and was mobilized in May of 2015 as the Supply Chief and later, as the Command Career Planner. She was promoted to the rank of Gunnery Sergeant in September 2015. After spending a year as the Company First Sergeant for Training Company, GySgt Schultz was selected for the Reserve Enlisted Commissioning Program in 2017 and was commissioned in August 2018. Following The Basic School in March of 2019, 2ndLt Schultz graduated from Logistics Officers Course, Camp Johnson, NC in July of 2019.
After graduation, 2ndLt Schultz was assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 13 as part of her Professional Development Tour. There she served as the Maintenance Management Officer and S-4 Officer. In January 2020, she participated in Exercise Native Fury in the United Arab Emirates as the Logistics Command Element Watch Officer and Maintenance Management Officer. Following her Professional Development Tour in September 2020, 1stLt Schultz returned to her reserve unit, Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was selected to return to active duty in 2021. In May 2021, 1stLt Schultz was transferred to 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, where she served as the Motor Transport Officer. In December 2022 she was temporarily attached to Combat Logistics Battalion 1 with whom she deployed as the General Support Company Commander for the Logistics Combat Element during the Marine Rotational Force Darwin 23.3 deployment. She served as the S4 Officer at Wounded Warrior Battalion – West. She completed her Master’s in Business Administration in June 2021 and is currently a Doctoral Candidate at Liberty University.
Capt Schultz’s personal awards include the Navy Commendation Medal w/ one gold star in lieu of second award, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal w/ two gold stars in lieu of third award, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal w/ one bronze star in lieu of second award, the Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal, and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
- Telephone number (904) 256-7489
- Email address MOI@ju.edu
Junior/Senior AdvisorTelephone numbe
LT Meghan Moloney, USN
Telephone number (904) 256-7427
Email address SNSI@ju.edu
Sophomore Advisor
LT Christopher Wilson, USN
Telephone number (904) 256-7487
Email address NSI@ju.edu
Freshman Advisor
LT Luis Duarte, USN
Telephone number (904) 256-7488
Email address nrotcrecruiter@ju.edu
AMOI
MSgt Dean Williams, USMC
Dean Williams Jr was born on 17 April 1980 in Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated from Seneca High School Magnet Academy Louisville, Kentucky in 1998 and attended Cumberland College from 1998 to 2001. Dean Williams enlisted in the Marine Corps on 02 September 2002 and underwent recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina
After completion of Marine Combat Training, PFC Williams attended A School CNATT at NAS Pensacola, Florida. He was assigned the military occupational specialty 6216, KC-130 Powerline mechanic. PFC Williams was sent to NAMTRA MARUNIT for C School.
PFC Williams was stationed at NAS Fort Worth, Texas, with MAG-41, VMGR-234. He deployed to Al-Jaber, Kuwait, in August 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and to Al Asad, Iraq, in March 2004 for Operation Enduring Freedom. While in Iraq, he volunteered for an Individual Augment billet and served with the Iraqi Survey Group as part of Mobile Collection Team 5.
In 2007, Sgt Williams reported to Parris Island, South Carolina, for Drill Instructor School and later served as a Drill Instructor, Senior Drill Instructor, and Martial Arts Instructor with 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Company L. In 2013, he deployed to Afghanistan in support of OEF and later to Morón, Spain, in 2014 with the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF).
In 2017, Gunnery Sergeant Williams reported to the Center of Naval Aviation Technical Training Headquarters, where he served as the C-130 Integrated Production Team Lead and Advanced Skills Management Fleet Administrator. In 2021, he was selected as an Assistant Marine Officer Instructor at Jacksonville University, Florida, and promoted to Master Sergeant in 2022.
Master Sergeant Williams’ personal awards include Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2), Joint Service Achievement Medal and the Navy, Marine Corps Achievement Medal with three gold stars and Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal.
Telephone number (904) 256-7491
Email address AMOI@ju.edu
Supply & Logistics
LSC(EXW/SW/AW) Richard Holtslander, USN
LSC Holtslander was born in Flint, Michigan, and grew up in the small town of Millington,
Michigan. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy, completing Recruit Training Command and Logistics
Specialist "A" School in 2010.
His Sea tours include Harbor Patrol Unit (HPU) Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Special
Boat Team Twenty (SBT-20), and USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77). His Shore Assignments
include Aviation Support Detachment Mayport (ASD), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training
and Evaluation Unit Two (EOD TEUTWO), and Jacksonville University Naval Reserve Officer
Training Corps (JU NROTC).
He completed an Associate of Arts in 2020 and completed a Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration in 2022 from the University of Maryland Global Campus. Additionally,
he’s completed Navy Enlisted Classifications in, Chief Petty Officer Leadership Development,
Expeditionary Force Combat Skills, Naval Special Warfare Combat Service Support, and
Relational Supply Unit Technical Specialist.
LSC Holtslander’s personal awards and decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal,
the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (w/6 stars), Good Conduct Medal (w/4 stars),
and various service awards.
Email addre
Email address
Admin Office
- Jacksonville University NROTC
- 2800 University Blvd N
- Jacksonville, FL 32211
- Telephone number (904) 256-7480
- Fax number (904) 256-7499 (Fax)