Captain Brian Teets, a native of Urbana, Ohio, received his commission in March of 1990 through the Navy ROTC program at Ohio State University where he earned a BSBA in Production and Operations Management.
His tours have included flying the SH-60B helicopter out of NAS Mayport, FL and on the USS Samuel B. Roberts and USS Vicksburg to the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas.
Captain Teets’ first shore tour in 1995 was as Aide to the Commander, Naval Training Center Great Lakes, IL, and then to the Chief of Naval Education and Training in Pensacola, FL, dual-hatted as the Director of Navy Training, CNO. He reported aboard the Norfolk, VA-based USS Enterprise in 1997 as the Operations Administration Officer where he qualified as Officer of the Deck and deployed in 1998 to the Arabian Gulf taking part in Operation Desert Fox. He also served aboard the USS Ingraham, deploying to the Indian Ocean/Arabian Gulf 2001 for Operation Enduring Freedom. Completing his tour as squadron Operations Officer, he detached in 2002 and reported to the Officer Plans and Promotions office on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. He received an M.S. in National Security Strategy and a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 2006.
In May 2008 he assumed command of the HSL-37 “Easyriders” aboard MCBH at Kaneohe Bay, HI, and in August 2009 he completed his command tour and reported to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate where he specialized in International Security Cooperation and Foreign Military Sales policy.
Following his tour as Executive Officer, Captain Teets assumed command of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in July 2013 and conducted at-sea testing trials for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and executed a $250M ship modernization overhaul. In June 2015 he assumed command of the Naval ROTC Unit at the University of Texas at Austin.