ASNE-TW Dinner Meeting - Rear Admiral Andrew M. Biehn

When
19 Nov 2025
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, 5655 Greenwich Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Spaces left
150
Registered
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Registration

01. Member - pay in advance – $40.00
Members of the American Society of Naval Engineers who pay on-line when making a reservation.
02. Member - pay at the door – $45.00
ASNE member who chooses to pay the higher price at check-in
03. Guest / Non Member- pay in advance – $45.00
Non-member who pays on-line when the reservation is made.
04. Guest / Non Member - pay at the door – $45.00
Non-member who chooses to pay the higher price at check-in
05. Student member - pay in advance – $15.00
Active student who is an ASNE member who pays on-line when the reservation is made
06. Student member - pay at the door – $20.00
Active student and ASNE member who chooses to pay the higher price at check-in
07. Active Duty Military - pay in advance – $20.00
08. Active Duty Military - pay at the door – $25.00
09. Speaker
Guest speaker - no charge
10. Guest of ASNE TW

Speaker: Rear Admiral Andrew M. Biehn, Director of Surface Ship Maintenance, Modernization, and Sustainment (SEA 21), Naval Sea Systems Command

Rear Adm. Andrew Biehn, a native of Staunton, Virginia, graduated from the University of Virginia in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs and was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. He received his Master’s in Business Administration from George Washington University in 2002.

His operational assignments include serving as Damage Control Assistant in USS Normandy (CG 60), Tomahawk cruise missile mission planner with Afloat Planning Systems Atlantic and the JOHN F. KENNEDY Strike Group staff, returning to Normandy as Weapons Officer and Combat Systems Officer, deploying to Afghanistan as a fire support officer for a Joint Special Operations Task Force, and serving as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of USS Truxtun (DDG 103). He has deployed in support of Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom.

Ashore, Rear Adm. Biehn has served as an instructor at the United States Naval Academy and on the staff of U. S. Central Command.

Acquisition professional assignments include assistant program manager in the Strike Planning and Execution Systems program office; principal assistant program manager in the Aegis program office; major program manager for Aegis Fleet Readiness; major program manager for the Aegis integrated combat system; executive assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition; and director of development and integration for Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems.

Since June 2025, Rear Adm. Biehn has served as Director of Surface Ship Maintenance, Modernization and Sustainment (SEA 21) at Naval Sea Systems Command.

In 2002, Rear Adm. Biehn received the Apgar Award for excellence in teaching and leadership at the United States Naval Academy. In 2021, he was recognized as the Navy’s Program Manager of the Year and by the Secretary of Defense for excellence in software acquisition.

Dress code:

For our Navy and Coast Guard members and guests, we hope you can join us for all our TW events. If you attend in uniform, Service Khaki / Summer White / Tropical Blue, as well as Service Dress Blue are appropriate military dress.