Douglas Gerald Hurley (born October 21, 1966) is an American engineer, former Marine Corps pilot, and former NASA astronaut.After graduation, he attended The Basic School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, and later the Infantry Officers Course.[6][7] Hurley then reported to VMFAT-101 at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California for initial F/A-18 Hornet training.Upon completion of training, he was assigned to VMFA(AW)-225 where he made three overseas deployments to the Western Pacific.Following the completion of two years of training and evaluation, he was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office which included Kennedy Operations Support as a "Cape Crusader," where he was the lead ASP (Astronaut Support Personnel) for Space Shuttle missions STS-107 and STS-121.[6] He also served as the NASA Director of Operations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.