Timothy "Dragon" Schettino
Since commissioning, LT Timothy “Dragon” Schettino has been assigned to two expeditionary naval squadrons (VAQ-138 and VQ-1) where he has just returned from CENTCOM, after supporting NAVCENT tasking in the Arabian Gulf, as well as, missions for OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE. Previously, he has deployed to the Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, and throughout PACOM, where he has supported combat missions in Afghanistan for OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM and worked with Allied partners in Korean Peninsula contingency actions as a Staff Independent Augmentee. In 2014, he became the fourth Information Warfare Dominance Officer (IDWO) to graduate as a Growler Tactics Intelligence Officer (GTIO) and was selected as a finalist for the 2014 Admiral Brooke’s Award, as well as, being selected as the 2013 CVWP Intelligence Officer of the Year.
Academically, he has earned a BA in History, from the University of New Mexico (UNM), and a BSc, in Multidisciplinary Studies, from East Carolina University (ECU). In addition, he has completed Graduate study at UNM in Choreography and Human Performance; ECU, in Security Studies; and is currently writing his capstone to complete an MSc degree in Environmental Planning, from American Public University (APU). He has successfully conducted research in geospatial science as applied to traditional Islamic irrigation, as a US Fulbright Grantee, at the University of Nizwa (UNIZWA), in Oman, and through two US State Department IFSA Grants at Suzhou University (SUDA), China, and Saratov State University (SGU), in Russia. He has also attended academic exchanges at Moscow State University (MGU) and Duke University and has partnered with the University of Nevada-Reno’s Desert Research Institute (DRI) on water resource stabilization issues concerning Tai Lake in China. LT Schettino served as a Graduate Assistant for a Hewlett Pilot Cluster at UNM, combining human movement with literature and psychology, and has actively participated in academic projects at Biosphere2, Nottingham University, the US Institute of Peace SENSE project, and with the United Nations International Office of Migration (IOM) at Naxchivan State University, in Azerbaijan. His academic work has been presented at the US Navy’s Airborne Electronic Attack Weapons School; the International Center for Qanats and Hydrologic Structures, in Iran; Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) and UNIZWA, in Oman; and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. In
addition to conference publishing, he has been published in the CVWP Electronic Attack Newsletter (2014) and through Solar Energy International’s (SEI) online curriculum. He is a member of the Golden Key Society and the National Honors Society.
LT Schettino is a Co-Founder of the Aflaj Research Unit (ARU) of the Daris Research Centre where he also served as the ARU’s Interim Project Manager & Field Research Specialist conducting work with the British Council and other partners. As an ARU Co-Founder he has continued volunteer work for water security through initiating dialogues with the DRI and the Squamish Nation in British Columbia, Canada. He has also served as an intern for SEI, developing renewable energy training that has been used by hundreds of students, and volunteering with SEI to install photovoltaics (PV) for resilient communities in Nicaragua. His areas of research encompasses many technical and humanitarian fields including tactics support for Naval aviation; water security; geospatial analysis for traditional irrigation systems; international development through micro-finance; GIS analysis of the Russian Diaspora; international counter-terrorism law; site analysis for renewable energy; and emergency response for large-scale nuclear disasters.
Academically, he has earned a BA in History, from the University of New Mexico (UNM), and a BSc, in Multidisciplinary Studies, from East Carolina University (ECU). In addition, he has completed Graduate study at UNM in Choreography and Human Performance; ECU, in Security Studies; and is currently writing his capstone to complete an MSc degree in Environmental Planning, from American Public University (APU). He has successfully conducted research in geospatial science as applied to traditional Islamic irrigation, as a US Fulbright Grantee, at the University of Nizwa (UNIZWA), in Oman, and through two US State Department IFSA Grants at Suzhou University (SUDA), China, and Saratov State University (SGU), in Russia. He has also attended academic exchanges at Moscow State University (MGU) and Duke University and has partnered with the University of Nevada-Reno’s Desert Research Institute (DRI) on water resource stabilization issues concerning Tai Lake in China. LT Schettino served as a Graduate Assistant for a Hewlett Pilot Cluster at UNM, combining human movement with literature and psychology, and has actively participated in academic projects at Biosphere2, Nottingham University, the US Institute of Peace SENSE project, and with the United Nations International Office of Migration (IOM) at Naxchivan State University, in Azerbaijan. His academic work has been presented at the US Navy’s Airborne Electronic Attack Weapons School; the International Center for Qanats and Hydrologic Structures, in Iran; Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) and UNIZWA, in Oman; and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. In
addition to conference publishing, he has been published in the CVWP Electronic Attack Newsletter (2014) and through Solar Energy International’s (SEI) online curriculum. He is a member of the Golden Key Society and the National Honors Society.
LT Schettino is a Co-Founder of the Aflaj Research Unit (ARU) of the Daris Research Centre where he also served as the ARU’s Interim Project Manager & Field Research Specialist conducting work with the British Council and other partners. As an ARU Co-Founder he has continued volunteer work for water security through initiating dialogues with the DRI and the Squamish Nation in British Columbia, Canada. He has also served as an intern for SEI, developing renewable energy training that has been used by hundreds of students, and volunteering with SEI to install photovoltaics (PV) for resilient communities in Nicaragua. His areas of research encompasses many technical and humanitarian fields including tactics support for Naval aviation; water security; geospatial analysis for traditional irrigation systems; international development through micro-finance; GIS analysis of the Russian Diaspora; international counter-terrorism law; site analysis for renewable energy; and emergency response for large-scale nuclear disasters.