sentences:  Tidd was executive officer in USS Leftwich (DD-984), commanding officer, USS "Arthur W. Radford" (DD-968), and Commander, Destroyer Squadron 50.Tidd holds a master's degree in political science from the University of Bordeaux, France, earned as an Olmsted Foundation Scholar.He is a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College, and was a Federal Executive Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States.