Rear Admiral Richard S. Lofgren is a 1993 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. He was commissioned an Ensign after completing the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps curriculum at Texas. He is a third generation Naval Officer - the Son and Grandson of Naval Aviators.  Upon completion of Surface Warfare Officer School and Steam Engineering School in Newport, Rhode Island, he reported onboard USS WASP (LHD-1) in Norfolk, Virginia. 

Lofgren affiliated with the Navy Reserve (NR) on September 11, 2001, joining NR Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet Detachment ONE ONE ONE (CINPACFLT 111) as Training Officer. Other assignments include tours as Intelligence Officer for Naval Embarked Advisory Team ONE ONE ONE (NEAT 111); Executive Officer of Inshore Boat Unit FOURTEEN (IBU-14); N7 for NR United States Pacific Command Detachment ONE ONE ONE (USPACOM Det 111); Training Officer and plankowner for Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron ELEVEN (MSRON 11); Senior Assessor (N7R-TEU) for Coastal Riverine Group ONE (CRG-1); Reserve Deputy Commodore for Coastal Riverine Group TWO (CRG-2) and Chief Staff Officer for Camp Titan, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

His Command tours include Recruit Support Unit ONE ONE FIVE ZERO (RSU 1150); Inshore Boat Unit FIFTEEN (IBU-15); Maritime Expeditionary Command and Control Division THREE ONE (C2DIV31); Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Squadron ONE (MCASTRONONE); NR Commander LCS Squadron ONE (COMLCSRON ONE) Surface Warfare Mission Module; Coastal Riverine / Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron EIGHT (CORIVRON / MSRON 8); and NR Commander Fourth Fleet (C4F/USNAVSOUTH). He also served as the Co-Director for the Coastal Riverine Force within the Surface Warfare Reserve Enterprise.   In his initial flag assignment, he served as Vice Commander, C4F/USNAVSOUTH and assumed the role of Acting Chief of Navy Reserve and Acting Commander, Navy Reserve Force on September 2, 2025.

Lofgren is a graduate of the Navy Senior Leader Seminar Course at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California; and completed his Joint Professional Military Education at the Naval War College’s Command and Staff College in Newport, Rhode Island. A qualified Surface Warfare Officer, he is authorized to wear the Command at Sea, Command Ashore and Small Craft Officer-in-Charge of combatant craft insignias. He is deeply honored to have served in both operational and leadership capacities, receiving numerous unit and campaign awards in recognition of his contributions to national security and naval operations. 
 

Last Updated: 22 September 2025