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Click here for PDF of Steve's Biography
 Steve Hunt was born at Clark AFB in the Republic of the Philippines, grew up in Prince George's County, Maryland, and graduated from Frederick Douglass Senior High School. He graduated in 1980 with a B.S. in civil engineering from Duke University on a full Naval ROTC scholarship and was commissioned in the USN. Steve attended flight training in Pensacola, Florida, and earned his wings of gold as a naval flight officer in May 1981.
Upon completing the F-4 fleet training at VF-171 in Virginia Beach VA, he was assigned to VF- 151 as an F-4 radar intercept operator (RIO) aboard the USS Midway, permanently forward deployed in Yokosuka, Japan. He was selected to attend and completed TOPGUN in 1983 as a Lieutenant (junior grade). He went on to serve as the flag lieutenant at Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force in Norfolk VA, as a RIO instructor at the F-14 fleet training squadron, VF-101, in Virginia Beach VA, and as the Anti-Air Warfare officer and Tactical Action Officer aboard USS Enterprise based in Alameda CA. During his first of two Big "E" deployments, he participated in Operation Preying Mantis against Iran in April 1988. In 1990 he joined VF-31, back in Virginia Beach, VA, where on the last deployment of the USS Forrestall, he flew F-14 reconnaissance and combat air patrol missions over northern Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Prior to that deployment, in January of 1991 he met Monique Anthis of Lausanne, Switzerland. They were married in Virginia Beach in May of 1992. After the deployment, he accompanied VF-31 to NAS Miramar, California where the squadron transitioned to the F-14D. His last duty station was Naval Air Weapons Command, Point Mugu CA where he was involved in design, development and flight test of F-14 weapon system software and was the operations department head of the Naval Weapon Test Squadron During his spare time at various duty stations, he taught Sunday school, was in the church choir and on the church board, trained for and participated in triathlons, volunteered as the youth director of the base chapel and was the base Protestant congregation president. He also decided to stop just riding in aircraft and earned his private pilot license. All Saints Day 1995 marked his retirement from Naval service. Steve achieved over 2000 flight hours flying in F-14, F-4, F-15, and A-4 tactical aircraft and survived 471 carrier-arrested landings, including initial student carrier qualifications in the F-14 as a RIO instructor. He earned five sea service ribbons making three extended deployment cruises from the U.S. as well as spending over two years permanently forward deployed on the USS Midway.
Steve and Monique have lived in Fairfax County VA and he has worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) since 1995. As a senior systems analyst, he has supported Navy and Air Force budgetary decision-makers with computer modeling and simulation analysis. He is currently supporting OSD/PA&E Joint Data Support's efforts to develop study quality scenarios for the new JWARS model. He has been actively involved in local volunteer efforts such as D.C. Cares cleanup effort of Branch Park, rehabilitation of Taft Junior High School in Northeast D.C. and Habitat for Humanity. He was President of the board at Assist Pregnancy Center and is a very active member of Chantilly Bible Church. Very active in the Fairfax County Republican Committee, he was elected delegate from the 11th District to the 2000 Republican National Convention. He was on the Fairfax County School Health Advisory Committee from 1997 (Chairman from 1998-2001) to 2003 and ran for Fairfax County School Board at Large in 1999. As Vice Commander of American Legion Post 1995, he is also the sponsor representative for Cub Scout Pack 321 and Boy Scout Post 1995. Over the 15 years of their marriage Steve and Monique have collected four cats, four dogs and a parrot—all shelter and rescue animals.
In November of 2003, Steve was elected to the Fairfax County School Board as an At-large member. He represents all Fairfax County residents regarding the policy governing the over 190 schools, 163,000 students and the $2,200,000,000 budget. He is also on the Caring Community for Children advisory committee, the Medical Care for Children Program advisory committee, the Occoquan Watershed Coalition and The Joshua Foundation as well as an instructor for the Keep It Simple, Say No (KISSN) abstinence program in the Prince William and Fauquier County Public Schools.
Steve is running for reelection to the Fairfax County School Board. One of his primary motivations is to protect the future of this nation as he and his fellow military members have protected it from current-day threats. If the children of today, who will be the nation tomorrow, do not have the basic skills in reading, writing and mathematics, they will not be able to climb to the heights in business, science and technology, that have made this nation great. They will not know the heritage and history of our land or understand our form of government in order to continue on the course set by those who have gone before us. They will not appreciate the sacrifice of those who never came home to their families giving their all for the freedoms they enjoy. |
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