CAPT “CJ” JAYNES United States Navy Program Manager Aircrew Systems PMA 202 BS Mathematics Indiana University of Pennsylvania MS Mathematics Indiana University of Pennsylvania

CAPT Jaynes is responsible for all Navy and Marine Corps Aircrew Systems, consisting of over 540 products in support of the Warfighter. CAPT Jaynes received her commission from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI on 25 March 1983. Her first duty station was Training Squadron Eighty-Six (VT-86) in Pensacola FL, where she was assigned as the Line Branch Officer and Material Control Officer. Following VT-86, she attended Aviation Maintenance Officer School, and then proceeded to Patrol Squadron Five (VP-5) in Jacksonville, FL. She completed two deployments as the Maintenance Material Control Officer. Her next assignment was AIMD Mayport where she held positions as the Quality Assurance Officer, Production Control Officer, and Assistant Maintenance Officer. A brief assignment as the Assistant Maintenance Officer at Commander Helicopter Wings Atlantic followed. From there, CAPT Jaynes was assigned as the F-14 Program Manager, and later as the Executive Assistant, at the Naval Aviation Engineering Service Unit (NAESU) in Philadelphia, PA. An overseas assignment came next, as CAPT Jaynes served as the AIMD Officer at Diego Garcia.  Upon returning to the states, CAPT Jaynes reported to Naval Air Systems Command as the Deputy Assistant Program Manager for Systems Engineering for the P-3C.  She then proceeded to DCMC Northrop Grumman as the F/A-18 Program Integrator responsible for the Engineering, Production, and Quality of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. CAPT Jaynes served as the Officer-in-Charge of Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Lemoore from July 2000 to May 2003.  While at Lemoore she implemented Lean Manufacturing, which at that time was the first effort ever in Naval Aviation, and subsequently was implemented at all Navy and Marine Corps intermediate activities and became the standard by which production was measured. Her next assignment was the F/A-18 and EA-18G Assistant Program Manager for Logistics (APML) responsible for over 1,300 U.S. Navy and FMS F/A-18 aircraft, and the development of the EA-18G Growler. CAPT Jaynes’ last assignment was in PMA 265 as the F/A-18 Deputy Program Manager Fleet Support responsible for all Navy and Marine Corps F/A – 18’s. CAPT Jaynes has a Bachelors Degree and a Masters Degree in Mathematics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania; a Masters Level Degree from the Naval War College; and a Systems Engineering Certification from California Institute of Technology.  She is a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps. Her awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Defense Service Medal (with Service Star), and numerous unit awards.  CAPT Jaynes has one daughter, Alexis.