Lt. Cmdr. E. Fred Green Jr., USN (Ret), entered the Navy in November 1973 via the Reserve Officer Candidate (ROC) program and graduated from California State University Northridge in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in political science with a history minor. He subsequently earned a master’s degree in business administration and a Master of Science degree in logistics engineering. 

In the course of his naval career, he served on a variety of Navy warships and in a variety of shore duty station assignments. After the service, his career went from teaching public school to research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) on GPS systems and communications.

He is actively engaged in American Legion El Cajon Post 303 as post Service Officer and Boys State Coordinator. He is a docent on the USS Midway Museum (CV-41) and a volunteer with the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

He is the past president of the California Council of Chapters and is actively engaged in pursuing legislative initiatives serving the interests of current and former military members with the California legislature.

He is the vice chair of the California State Commanders Veterans Council.