Jeffrey D. Gordon

Jeffrey D. Gordon
J.D. Gordon, speaking at CPAC
Born	New York, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Senior Fellow
Known for	Pentagon spokesman

Jeffrey D. "J.D." Gordon is an American communications and foreign policy advisor, who served as a Pentagon spokesman from 2005–2009. Gordon is a retired United States Navy officer who has served as a senior advisor to several top Republican political figures and numerous conservative Washington, DC-based think tanks as a Senior Fellow on national security, foreign policy and communications issues. Gordon is also a contributing columnist to Fox News, The Daily Caller, The Hill, The Washington Times and other media outlets. According to The Washington Times, Gordon founded Protect America Today, a national security-themed Super PAC in February 2012.

Previously, he served as a spokesman for the Navy and Department of Defense, retiring as a Commander. He managed communications and press relations in a wide variety of locations over a 20-year career, including posts in Europe, Latin America and Asia. His final assignment in the military was at the Pentagon, serving under Secretaries Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates.

Gordon was born in New York City, grew up in central New Jersey and graduated from Wall High School, located at the Jersey Shore. Gordon received his undergraduate and graduate education from Penn State University and Norwich University. He attended two executive courses at Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation.

After graduating college, Gordon entered the Navy, where he was commissioned as an officer after training. He was initially assigned to the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia. He had additional professional training at the U.S. Air Force Command and Staff College.

Since the early 1990s, Gordon has served as a Navy spokesman in various assignments and geographical locations, to include the Pacific Fleet Headquarters in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Naval Forces Southern Command in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy; Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet based in Okinawa, Japan; and Atlantic Fleet headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.