TW4 Leadership

Commodore

Capt. Michael Albus is a native of Newtown, Pennsylvania. He is a 1999 graduate of the United States Naval Academy where he received a Bachelor of Science in economics. He was designated a Naval Aviator in February 2001 and received a master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 2010.

His sea duty assignments include an operational tour with Patrol Squadron (VP) 46; catapult and arresting gear officer on USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77); department head, VP 46, where he deployed to U.S. Fifth Fleet conducting combat missions in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; executive officer and then commanding officer of VP 10, during which he deployed on their inaugural P-8 Poseidon deployment to U.S. Seventh Fleet followed by a U.S. Sixth Fleet deployment.

While at VP 10, they were awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal for hurricane disaster relief efforts; the Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) for supporting an international search and rescue effort of the missing Argentine submarine ARA SAN JUAN; and the Battle "E" to recognize the combined effort of the squadron across all areas of combat readiness.

Shore assignments include duty as an instructor pilot and NATOPS Evaluator with VP 30; Joint Exercise and Readiness Officer, program manager for Non-combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO), and core planner for the Deployable Joint Task Force Augmentation Cell (DJTFAC) at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; and most recently as Commander Patrol and Reconnaissance Group (CPRG) Chief of Staff.

Albus assumed command as Commodore, Training Air Wing 4 at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, in June 2022. TRAWING 4 conducts undergraduate primary, intermediate, and advanced flight training for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

His awards include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with Valor (5), and various unit citations and service awards. He is most proud of those awards that recognize unit operational excellence.