Thomas Metcalf
Commander, United States Navy (Retired)

Commander Thomas E. Metcalf, a native of Paducah, Kentucky, enlisted in the Navy in 1967, and graduated first in his class from the basic course of instruction at the Navy School of Music. After tours as a French horn instrumentalist in Navy bands in Great Lakes, .Illinois and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, he returned to the School of Music and completed the 52-week Advanced Course, graduating early while standing first in his class. During his next assignment as Material Assistant to the Head of the Navy Music Program in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, he was advanced to Warrant officer in 1975.

His first-assignment as an officer in the Navy Music Program was Training/Fleet Support Officer, School of Music. While serving as the Director of the Navy Band in Great Lakes, he was selected as a Limited Duty Officer, and advanced from Chief Warrant Officer to Lieutenant Junior Grade.

Subsequent tours included assignments as Executive Officer, School of Music; Assistant Leader, U.S. Naval Academy Band; Director, CINCPACFLT Band, Pearl Harbor; Head of the Navy's Music Program, Bureau of Naval Personnel; Music Liaison Officer for the Chief of Information in the Pentagon, and most recently, Director, U.S. Naval Academy Band, Annapolis, Maryland.

Personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Navy Commendation Medal (2 awards), Navy Achievement Medal, and Good Conduct Medal (2 awards). He holds a bachelor of arts degree in music from St. Leo College.

He is married to the former Iris Hargrove. They have two children, Lieutenant Junior Grade Brian A. Metcalf, a 1994 graduate of the Naval Academy; and Lori, who works for Georgia Tech Research Institute and resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

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