RADM Janice
Hamby, USN (Ret.)
RADM Janice Hamby, USN (Ret.)
Chancellor Emeritus, College of Information and Cyberspace
National Defense University
Janice Hamby, RADM, USN (Ret.) began serving as chancellor of the College of Information and Cyberspace (formerly the Information Resources Management College) in October 2014. She previously served on the staff of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) and Information Infrastructure Capabilities (DCIO for C4IIC).
Hamby assumed command of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Jacksonville, Fla., in August 1998, also reporting to Commander, Navy Region South East in an additional duty capacity as program manager for information technology. During this assignment, she served as the Navy’s Southeast Region Y2K coordinator for both computer systems and embedded facilities.
She served on the staff of commander, Striking and Support Forces Southern Europe, as command liaison to the Commander, 6th Fleet staff and special assistant for information management and information operations issues. She assumed major command of U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Europe Central, Naples, Italy, in October 2002.
Following her major command tour Hamby served on the chief of naval operations staff as the FORCEnet Capabilities Assessment branch head and FORCEnet Warfare pillar deputy (N704B). During this tour, she accepted a temporary assignment as the director of Knowledge and Information Management on the staff of the Multi-National Force – Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq. In July 2006, she reported to her first flag assignment at Naval Network Warfare Command as director of Global Operations. In May 2008, she reported as director, Command Control Systems, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command. In May 2009, she was selected for a second star and in July 2009 reported as Joint Chiefs of Staff, vice director for C4 Systems (J6). In March 2011, she reported to the OSD staff.
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