Biography - Eric P Puryear

Eric P Puryear

Eric P. Puryear (Bear) earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in History from the University of Maryland (U of M) and his Master of Science in Education with an emphasis in Guidance and Counseling from Old Dominion University (ODU). During his 23 years in the United States Navy, he graduated from DeVry Institute of Technology in Electronics Systems, and from the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) emphasizing fighter aircraft tactics. Also while serving in the Navy, he earned two permanent sub-specialties (Master's level equivalent from Monterey University) in Command Control Communications Computers and Intelligence (C4I), and computer system technology. He recently began his second retirement, from General Dynamics Advanced Information Division supporting the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Arlington VA, as a senior systems engineer. ONR develops programs to provide a Future Naval Capability (FNC) to the warfighter, fulfilling requirement gaps identified by the Chief of Naval Operations. Prior to that, after retiring from the United States Navy in 1990, he worked for other defense contractors with extensive involvement in artificial intelligence, unmanned vehicles, Strategic Theater Air Defense, International Affairs, NATO, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

Mr. Puryear was a Naval Aviator during his 23 years in the Navy in F-4 Phantoms and F-14 Tomcats with over 3000 flight hours and 600 traps during both east and west coast deployments on 5 Navy Aircraft Carriers. In addition to aviation duties, he served two tours in the Chief of Naval Operations staff at the Pentagon, and with the Fleet Combat Direction Systems Support Activity, Dam Neck, VA, providing leadership and management in C4I Systems, resource management, project management, and Configuration Management (CM). He also served as a senior US Representative to numerous NATO/Allied Data Link Working and Special Project Groups.

During his careers, he authored various publications including the Implementation Action Council for Command, and Control System (IMPACCCS) Integrated Product Team (IPT) Charter July 2000; the PEO SCS (PMW 159) IPT Charters for Submarines, MIDS on Ships, PMW 159 Management, and Common Data Link Monitoring System (CDLMS) August 2002; the Program Management Plan (PMP) for Multi-Link Systems Testing/Training Tool (MLST3) December 2003; the PMP Space based JTIDS terminal for Link 16 Range Extension March 2004; the U.S. Navy NATO Link 11 Improvement Program (NILE) Implementation Plan (Link 22) PMP and Implementation Plan (IP) July 2005 and the FORCEnet Business Plan, Office of Naval Research June 2006 updated in August 2007, June 2008, July 2009.

Mr. Puryear has been married to his wife Sandy, for 40 years, and has 3 children and 4 grandchildren. He has adopted his tactical callsign Bear; as a nickname, and has become the name his grandchildren call him (Nana and Bear).

The Puryears are considered snowbirds, as they reside at beautiful Lake Anna VA in the summer and at the Villages, FL in the winter. In his free time, Bear enjoys boating, tubing, fishing, golf, coin/stamp collecting and sport cars. He came from a Navy family, with his father and father-in-law serving during World War II, and grandfather serving in World War I.

 
 

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