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A native of Hanover, Massachusetts, Captain Kim Shaughnessy-Granger earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Villanova University in 1997. She was commissioned in 1997 through Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. Captain Shaughnessy-Granger began her career at Naval Medical Center San Diego as a staff nurse in the Cardiac and Intensive Care Units. In 1999, she transferred to Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, serving as a Labor and Delivery Staff and Charge Nurse, Mother Baby/Level II Nursery Division Officer, and Business Manager for Women’s Health & Maternal Infant Services. In 2003, she attended Georgetown University for Duty Under Instruction (DUINS), where she studied nurse midwifery, earning a Master of Science degree, and was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society.
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Captain Lafreniere is a native of Poland Springs, Maine and earned his undergraduate degree in biology from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 2001. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana on a Health Professions Scholarship from the U.S. Navy, earning his medical degree in 2007. He completed his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in 2010, followed by a one-year utilization tour as the training program’s Chief of Residents. In 2013 he completed a General Internal Medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, where he developed an expertise in medical education and curriculum development. Following his fellowship, he brought this skillset back to the training program at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, where he served as the Associate Program Director 2013-2017 and Program Director 2017-2021. In 2020, he deployed as the Internal Medicine, Critical Care and COVID-19 subject matter expert aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) during Carrier Strike Group Five’s freedom of navigation operations in the Seventh fleet area of operations.
Master Chief John Kemp enlisted in March 2002. After completing basic training at Recruit Training Command, Chicago, Illinois, he reported to the Naval Training Center, Chicago, Illinois, where he completed Quartermaster “A” School. His sea duty assignments include Patrol Reconnaissance Wing ONE detachment (PATRECONWING ONE) Diego Garcia designated as a TSC OPCON watch stander supporting VP-1 and VP-47 (2002-2003); the USS Vincennes (CG-49) in Yokosuka, Japan as a Quartermaster of the watch (2003-2005); the USS Boxer (LHD-4) San Diego, California as the Leading Quartermaster of the watch (2005-2008). Other duty station assignments include NRS Weatherford as the Leading Chief Petty Officer at Naval Recruiting District Dallas, Texas (2008-2011). He converted to the Navy Career Counselor rating in May 2011. His follow-on commands as a Navy Command Career Counselor were Strike Fighter Squadron Fifteen (VFA-15) Virginia Beach, Virginia (2012-2013); Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) Virginia Beach, Virginia (2013-2015); Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Patuxent River, Maryland (2015-2019); USS WASP (LHD 1) Norfolk, Virginia (2019-2020). more...
Change of Command July 11, 2025