Modern Day Marine 2019

Thomas Rivers
Program Manager within the Amphibious Warfare Program Office



- Mr. Thomas Rivers is currently the Program Manager within the Amphibious Warfare Program Office (PMS377). On-going programs include the acquisition of the LHA Replacement Class (LHA(R)) Flight 0 and Flight 1 ships, the Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), the LCU 1700; LCAC SLEP; and the in-service support of LCAC, LCU and the Amphibious Assault Direction System (AADS). Mr. Rivers began his career at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in the 1980's working overhauls for several ship classes. In the 1990's, Mr. Rivers was the Assistant Program Manager (APM) for the Affordability Through Commonality Project, the Hull Systems Engineer (HSE) for LPD 17 Class, and eventually the Director of Production for the LPD 17 Class. In the 2000's, Mr. Rivers joined PMS377, Amphibious Warfare Program Office where he has been an Acquisition Manager and Life Cycle Manager for landing craft. In 2009, Mr. Rivers was selected as the Deputy Program Manager. In 2015 he was assigned as Program Manager.

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