Rear Adm. Morton assumed command of Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Atlantic in August 2012. He previously served as chief of staff, Headquarters Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

Morton is a native of Salisbury, N.C., and graduated from North Carolina State University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering - Construction Option. He was commissioned an ensign in the Civil Engineer Corps through the Collegiate Program in May 1983. He attended The Georgia Institute of Technology, earning a master's degree in Civil Engineering in 1988.

Morton has served in a variety of sea and shore assignments to include: assistant resident officer in charge of construction, Puerto Rico area; Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40, deploying to Okinawa, Japan and to Rota, Spain; aide to Commander, Atlantic Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; resident officer in charge, facilities support contracts and assistant public works officer at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va.; director, Facilities Planning Academic Division Naval School, Civil Engineer Corps Officers (CECOS); operations officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, deploying to Guam and Spain. While deployed to Rota, Morton was the officer in charge of 200 Seabees deployed to Hungary, Croatia, and Bosnia in support of 1st Armored Division peacekeepers in Operation Joint Endeavor. In 1996, Morton joined the staff of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Headquarters as head of the Seabee Policy and Doctrine Branch followed by a tour on the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics) Facilities and Engineering Division.

In July 2001, Morton assumed command of NMCB 133 and led the battalion through deployments to Guam and Southwest Asia. Morton was the Civil Engineer Corps detailer and community manager at Navy Personnel Command, executive officer of NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic, chief of staff for the First Naval Construction Division, and the commanding officer of NAVFAC Southeast before reporting for duty as chief of staff, Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

Morton is a Seabee combat warfare officer, a registered professional engineer in Georgia, and a member of the Acquisition Professional community. He is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, The Executive Program at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI.

His awards include the Legion of Merit (two awards), Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), Army Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards) and other service awards. He also received the 1996 Society of American Military Engineers’ Moreell Medal for his service in Operation Joint Endeavor.