Lieutenant Commander Queen is a native New Yorker who graduated from 
Locust Valley High School on the north shore of Long Island. In 1978 
he graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 
Economics and History.

He earned his commission as a Naval Flight Officer Candidate from 
Aviation Officer Candidate School in February 1981. Following the 
completion of flight training Lieutenant Commander Queen joined Patrol 
Squadron 48, working in the Operations and Maintenance departments. 
Following shore duty in Boston as a recruiter for the Nuclear Power 
Program he changed designators to the Training and Administration of 
Reserves. His first TAR assignment was Reserve Liaison Officer, 
Commander Patrol Wing Ten.

Lieutenant Commander Queen then completed back-to-back department 
head tours with Patrol Squadrons 91 and 92, serving as Administration 
and then Training officer in both squadrons. In 1995 he volunteered 
to transfer to the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) where he served as ASW 
Officer and Assistant Strike Operations Officer. While onboard he 
qualified as a Tactical Action Officer.

He taught his first year of Naval Science at Northeast Guilford High 
School in Greensboro, North Carolina. Desiring a return to the San 
Francisco Bay Area, he transferred in 1998 to Milpitas High School 
where he is completing his tenth year as the Senior Naval Science 
Instructor. Lieutenant Commander Queen taught sailing at the NJROTC 
AREA Eleven Leadership Academy four summers and has been a repeat guest 
instructor at the NJROTC New Instructor Orientation Training course.

Lieutenant Commander Queen is authorized to wear the Navy Commendation 
Medal, Navy achievement Medal (four awards), Navy Unit Commendation, 
Navy Battle Efficiency Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Coast 
Guard Special Operations Ribbon, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with bronze 
star, Navy Arctic Service Ribbon, Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service 
Ribbon, Navy Recruiting Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Expert Rifle 
Medal and the Expert Pistol Shot Medal. He is married to the former Christina 
Nguyen of Point Loma, CA and has 3 stepchildren, Jonathan, Stephanie and 
Alex; all of whom were active in the Milpitas High School NJROTC program.