Captain Tim Ketter joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) in September 2024 following a tour at U.S. Pacific Fleet as the Chief of International Plans and Policy.
Captain Ketter is an Indo-Pacific Foreign Area Officer (FAO) and a native of Columbus, Nebraska. He attended Boston University on a Navy ROTC scholarship receiving a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and was commissioned into the Navy onboard the USS Constitution in May 1993. He also earned a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College in 2004 and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from San Diego State University in 2005.
Captain Ketter served in aviation tours as an S-3B Viking Naval Flight Officer, completing deployments to the Western Pacific, Middle East and Mediterranean Sea in support of Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom with Sea Control Squadron (VS) 21 assigned to USS Independence and USS Kitty Hawk, VS-38 assigned to USS Constellation and VS-22 assigned to USS Harry S. Truman.
Additional ashore and afloat tours include assignments at Sea Control Wing Pacific Fleet as a Weapons and Tactic Instructor, Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group 1 as the Air Operations officer, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) as the training policy lead for the Afghan National Army, and U.S. Pacific Fleet.
As a Navy FAO Captain Ketter served as the Director, Navy/Marine Corps Programs at Joint U.S. Military Affairs Group-Korea in Seoul, ROK, as the U.S. Naval Attaché in Moscow, Russia, and as the Senior Defense Official, Defense and Naval Attaché in Athens, Greece.
Captain Ketter’s awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal (Strike Flight), the Navy Commendation Medal, and the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, as well as multiple campaign medals and unit commendations.
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