Senior Naval Science Instructor

CDR Conley was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Edgewood, Maryland.  He received his Bachelors of Engineering Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in May 1987.  In June 1997, he received a Master’s of Science in Engineering Management from Florida Institute of Technology and in June 2014, he received a Masters in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College.

In April 1996, he was direct commissioned as a Reserve Ensign in the Civil Engineer Corps.  After commissioning, he reported to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion TWENTY THREE and then to NMCB TWENTY ONE for 3 years.  He was voluntarily recalled to active duty in May 2000.  In his first active tour as a LT, he was the Deputy Resident Officer in Charge of Construction at Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, ROICC Office Panama City, Florida till June 2002.  He then rotated to NMCB ONE, where he served as the Alfa Company Commander and then lead two Deployments for Training (DFT) in Grenada and Balikatan (Philippines).  He detached from NMCB ONE in June 2004 to become the Assistant Public Works Officer for Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, where he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander.  In 2006, he was detailed as the Table of Allowance Readiness Officer (R43) for the Twenty Second Naval Construction Regiment located in Gulfport, Mississippi.  His tour at 22nd NCR ended in 2008 upon assignment to Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), where he initially was the Utilities and Energy Program Manager and then promoted to the Public Works Branch Head to complete his tour.  After his CNIC tour, he became the Military Aide for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) for one year, where he was promoted to Commander.  In 2011, he returned to Guantanamo Bay as the Public Works Officer followed by a 2013 assignment as a student at the U.S. Army War College.  In 2014, he was detailed to the Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, as the Executive Officer and in 2016 he was assigned to Naval Facilities Engineering Command Far East as the Operations Officer.  Following that tour, he became the Assistant Regional Engineer for Navy Region Southeast, where he retired from the Navy after 20 years of service in September 2020.

After retiring from the Navy, he moved to Abita Springs, LA and began working for the Department of the Interior in Jefferson, LA as a Facilities and Space Management Supervisor.  In July 2022, he accepted the position of Senior Naval Science Instructor at Pearl River High School in Pearl River, LA.

CDR Conley is a registered Professional Engineer in both the state of Maryland and Louisiana, a Certified Energy Manager, a Project Management Professional, and a member of the Society of American Military Engineers.  His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (five), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three) and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.  He is qualified as a Seabee Combat Warfare Officer.

CDR Conley is married to the former Ms. Jennifer Tanner of Bush, Louisiana.  They have two sons, Lance Anthony Conley, who is 18 years old and Tanner Andrew Conley, who is 13 years old.