Meet Dr. Gerald Lowe

About Dr. GERALD C. LOWE, PMP

IDr. Gerald Lowe is a Senior Technical Advisor supporting the NNSA Lithium Program. Gerald was previously the Director, Strategic & Site Planning with CNS at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Before working at Y-12, Gerald was a Program Manager with the Department of War leading a multi-million dollar, dual division foundational IT program while concurrently building division programmatic awareness and capabilities. Also in the National Capital Region (NCR),Gerald was the Director of Operations at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC), and was initially the Supervisory Community Planner in the Engineering Department. Before working at ANC, Gerald was the Deputy Director of Cemetery Operations for the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) in their Overseas Operations Office in Paris, France. Prior to working at ABMC, Gerald worked as a Project Manager leading Bradshaw Construction Corporation’s FL office. In 2015, Gerald completed an Executive Leadership program with Cornell University. Gerald later completed his Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) in May 2019 at the University of South Florida.

Gerald is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee where he enlisted in the U.S. Army after high school and served as a forward observer, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division - “Rock of the Marne,” in Germany, and the 7th Infantry Division - “Light,” in Monterey, CA. He then served in the TN Army and Air National Guards while attending college, and is an alumnus of Tennessee Technological University where he was graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in German. He received his commission as a Naval Officer through the Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida in April 1997..

After attending the Civil Engineer Corps Officer School's Basic class, Gerald attended the Defense Language Institute learning Italian. He next served at Engineering Field Activity, Mediterranean Resident Officer in Charge of Construction in Aviano, Italy as an Assistant Project Engineer. Gerald’s next command was Commander Special Boat Squadron ONE, later Naval Special Warfare Group THREE (NSWG-3), where he served as NSWG-3’s Facilities Engineer.

Next, Gerald attended graduate school at Florida Atlantic University earning a Master’s in Ocean Engineering that was followed by Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center where he was certified as a Basic Diving Officer. Gerald next reported to Underwater Construction Team ONE (UCT1) as the Executive Officer where he deployed supporting Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. Gerald next served as the UCT support officer in Washington, D.C.

From D.C., Gerald deployed to Afghanistan on the Combined Security Transition Command as part of the CJ-Engineering staff managing projects supporting the Afghan National Army (ANA) across Afghanistan. Post Afghanistan, Gerald was selected for the Foreign Area Officer community, and again attended the Defense Language Institute (DLI) to learn French, After DLI, Gerald briefly worked in Gabon with the Office of Security Cooperation..

Gerald’s final tour was as the Arabian Peninsula branch chief in the J7, Exercises & Training Directorate, at U.S. Central Command as the lead exercise planner for EAGLE RESOLVE and other regional exercises. Following retirement, Gerald first worked as a Joint Program Training Facilitator at U.S. Central Command.