John Byron

John Byron is a retired Navy captain and strategic planning consultant whose writing career spans military strategy, nonprofit management, and professional journalism. After a distinguished 37-year submarine service career—including command of the USS Gudgeon and leadership at Cape Canaveral—he transitioned to corporate and nonprofit work, authoring "Profitable Nonprofits" to share his expertise in organizational planning. His analytical approach earned him recognition as the only two-time Writer of the Year by the US Naval Institute Proceedings, where he published over 100 articles on military strategy, including four Prize Essay Contest winners.

Byron's strategic acumen extends beyond military circles, evidenced by his runner-up placement in the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Strategic Essay Contest and subsequent publication in the National War College's Strategic Essay Series. A faculty member at the National War College's Department of Military Strategy, he later applied his planning methodology to community service, earning Florida Today's Volunteer of the Year award in 2011 for his nonprofit consulting work. Now residing in Cocoa Beach with his wife Melissa, Byron continues to leverage his operational and strategic experience through writing and civic engagement.