Captain Phillip Sylvia
Commander, Submarine Squadron 11

Captain Phillip Sylvia, Jr graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering. He also holds a Master's degree in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University.

His sea tours include division officer assignments on USS Chicago (SSN 721), Navigator/Operations Officer of USS Topeka (SSN 754), and Executive Officer of USS Louisville (SSN 724). He recently served as Commanding Officer of USS Hampton (SSN 767) from August 2018 to December 2021 where he completed two Western Pacific Deployments, and his crew earned two Battle ‘E’ awards.

Ashore, he served as an exercise officer and special operations assistant at Commander, Submarine Group SEVEN; as a Tactical Readiness Evaluation (TRE) team department head and tactical evaluator at Commander, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet; as Executive Officer of Task Group Trident, a Navy military police battalion near Bagram, Afghanistan; as Executive Assistant to Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic; as an Instructor for the Submarine Command Course; and as the Military Assistant to the Undersecretary for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy.

His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (five awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards), and various unit awards.