Michael Troy Rittenhouse

Associate Professor College of Maritime Operational Warfare
Michael Troy Rittenhouse faculty photo

Biography

Troy Rittenhouse came aboard CMOW's Maritime Operational Planners Course as a retired, joint qualified Army Logistics Officer who previously taught in the Joint Military Operations Dept & the College of Distance Education's JMO. His deployments include OIF/OND in Iraq & Kuwait (Battalion XO), OIF & OEF from Qatar (Army Area Support Group Director of Logistics), UFL Command Post Exercise in Korea (Corps Support Command Supply Director), & Desert Thunder in Kuwait (Supply Co XO). His command assignments were DLA Distribution, Tobyhanna, PA; 1st Brigade Combat Team Rear Det, 3d Inf Div; Companies G4, H2, & Brigade Staff, USMA; & 53d Quartermaster Co - Petroleum Supply, 13th Corps Support Cmd.

Areas of Expertise

  • Joint Operations
  • Leadership
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare

Professional Highlights

2025

Associate Professor, Maritime Operational Planners Course, College of Maritime Operational Warfare, USNWC

2022

Program Manager, Naval Defense Manufacturing Contractor

Program Manager for a portfolio of naval undersea warfare systems.
2022

Adjunct Professor, Joint Military Operations, College of Distance Education, USNWC

Taught Joint Military Operations to Naval Command and Staff Program and Joint Professional Military Education Phase I online students.
2015

Military Professor, Joint Military Operations, U.S. Naval War College

Taught Joint Military Operations to Naval Command College and Joint Maritime Operations to Naval Command and Staff College students; additionally, completed Joint Professional Military Education Phase II.
2013

Commander, DLA Distribution, Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania

Led a working capital-funded, logistics organization and its distribution world-wide to all Services.
2011

Support Operations Officer, National Training Center Support Brigade

Directed a multi-functional logistics organization, providing customized installation and theater-level logistics sustainment for all Fort Irwin tenant and 27 total, monthly rotational training brigades.
2010

Commander, Army Heavy Brigade Combat Team Rear Detachment, 3d Infantry Division

Led a multi-functional organization in support of the forward deployed brigade in Iraq through their redeployment to Fort Stewart.

Education

M.A., U.S. Naval War College, 2018, National Security & Strategic Studies

Graduate-Level Certificate, U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, 2008, Unified Land Operations in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, & Multinational Environment

M.Ed., Long Island University - C.W. Post, 2003, Education with Counseling & Leadership emphases

Graduate Certificate, U.S. Army Combined Arms & Services Staff School, 1999, Staff Officer

B.S., Minnesota State University-Mankato, 1995, Business Administration with Marketing emphasis

Related Credentials

Demonstrated Master Logistician
International Society of Logistics

External Memberships and Associations

International Society of Logistics (SOLE)

Association of Quartermasters

U.S. Sailing Association

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