USS City of Bismarck Welcomes New Military Crew Commander – Sarah Cannon – Military Sealift Command Pacific – DVIDS – Nov 5, 2026
USS City of Bismarck (EPF 9), operated by Military Sealift Command, welcomed its new commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Tia Myers, during a ceremony aboard the ship at Fleet Activities Yokosuka. Myers assumed command from Lt. Cmdr. VanAnh McCormick, who served as the Military Crew I commander before turning the ship over to MILCREW II.
“Starting with our turnover, we are no longer MILCREW II and CIVMARs; we are all USS City of Bismarck,” Myers said in her address to the hybrid crew of sailors and civil service mariners. “It is all of our job to ‘keep the press!’ We have to be present and ready to engage while supporting each other to ensure our success. Crew I laid the foundation, and it is our job to build upon it. Possumus Efficiemus: We can and we will accomplish.”
A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Myers commissioned as a naval officer in 2014 after graduating from Francis Marion University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. She also holds an executive master’s degree in business administration from the Naval Postgraduate School.
At sea, Myers served aboard USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49).
Ashore, she served as an amphibious warfare tactics instructor at the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center and Surface Advanced Warfighting School in San Diego.
