Captain Dominic A. Paolucci, U. S. Navy (Retired), before his recent retirement, was deputy director, Strategic Offensive and Defensive Systems, OpNav. A Naval Academy graduate in 1943, he served on board the USS Doyle (DD-494) during operations in the Atlantic area and participated in the invasion of Normandy. Following that tour, he attended the submarine school in New London, Conn., then assisted in the fitting out of the USS Roncador (SS-301). He later served aboard the USS Becuna (SS-319), USS Sea Devil (SS-400), USS Bugara (SS-331), and as executive officer of the USS Sealion (SS-315). In 1954 he was assigned to the Office of Naval Research where he was research assistant and submarine project officer until 1956. He then assumed command of the USS Balao (SS-285) and later was transferred to command of the USS Trutta (SS-421) where he also served as Commander Submarines, Sixth Fleet. In November 1968 he reported as head of the submarine policy and training section, Undersea Warfare Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. While there he was commended for “being instrumental in getting the first Polaris submarines on station a year earlier than planned.” He received his doctorate in mathematics from Indiana University in 1961. In June of that year, he joined the staff of Commander Submarine Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet, as plans officer and from July to August 1963 was in command of Submarine Division Seventy-One. He was assigned to the Navy Program Appraisal Office, attended the National War College in Washington, and was Commander Submarine Squadron One from July 1966, prior to being detached for duty, in April 1967, in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Captain Paolucci is presently vice president and general manager, Lulejian & Associates Inc.
