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Douglas J. Denneny (1962) is a retired American Naval Flight Officer and a former candidate for the House of Representatives in Virginia's 11th Congressional District. He served twenty-two years as a U.S. Naval Flight Officer, commanded a Navy fighter squadron from 2001 -- 2004, and was highly decorated for flying in combat.

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From 1984 to 1999 he served as a Naval Flight Officer, flying in Navy F-14 fighters. During this time he was selected as the top student in his Radar Intercept Officer class, and was the 1996 Pacific Fleet F-14 Tomcat Radar Intercept Officer of the Year.

He attended the prestigious U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and was invited back to serve as an instructor for a two-year assignment.

He has deployed on aircraft carriers to conflicts involving the U.S. and Libya, Iraq, Iran and Somalia and has logged over 3000 hours in the F-14 Tomcat and over 200 hours in the new F/A-18F Super Hornet. He logged over 850 carrier arrested landings. He has served briefly on the ground in Somalia in 1993, Iraq in 2003 and 2004, and Afghanistan in 2004.

In 1999 he was selected as a national finalist for the White House Fellowship Program, and from 1999 -- 2000 he worked as a non-partisan Military Legislative Fellow on Capitol Hill for U.S. Senator John McCain.

Service in the Iraq War
From 2001 -- 2004 he served as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of a Navy F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet Squadron. In March, 2003 Denneny led the first strike element of non-stealth aircraft over Baghdad. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with V for valor in Operation Iraqi Freedom and numerous other individual and campaign awards. In August 2004, Denneny was ranked the number one of seven commanding officers in the Air Wing over a 12 month period.

From 2004 to 2005 he worked as Special Assistant and Speechwriter for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and from 2005 to 2006 served as Deputy Legislative Assistant for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Denneny was selected to the rank of Captain (O-6) in the U.S. Navy, but declined the promotion and retired at the rank of Commander in 2006.

Country

United States

Occupation

Candidate for US Congress

Companies

Democratic Party

Schools

US Naval Academy, US Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN), Georgetown University

Interests

Doug Denneny served on the Fairfax County Tyson's Corner Land Use Task Force from 2006-07 and is the elected and serving President of the Mantua Citizens' Association where he represents the interests of a community of over 1600 homes. He serves on the Fairfax County Environmental Quality Advisory Council and the Fairfax County Industrial Development Authority.
He announced on August 1, 2007 that he would seek the democratic nomination to run against Republican Representative Tom Davis in VA's 11th Congressional District.
Denneny believes in a smart, phased withdrawal from Iraq, providing all Americans with access to healthcare, reforming immigration policies, meeting the growing transportation challenges in the 11th District, fixing No Child Left Behind, and a return to fiscal responsibility in federal spending.

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