Almirante gary roughead biography

  • Gary Roughead is a former United States Navy officer who served as the 29th Chief of Naval Operations from 2007 to 2011.
  • Gary Roughead is a former United States Navy officer who served as the 29th Chief of Naval Operations from 2007 to 2011.
  • Admiral Roughead is a 1973 graduate of the US Naval Academy.

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    Gary Roughead

    Admiral, United States Navy (Ret.)
    Former U.S. Navy ledare of Naval Operations

    Adm. Gary Roughead was elected to the Northrop Grumman Board of Directors in 2012.

    Roughead retired from his position as the 29th ledare of naval operations in September 2011, after serving in that position for four years. The ledare of naval operations fryst vatten the senior military position in the U.S. Navy. As ledare of naval operations, Roughead stabilized and accelerated fartyg and aircraft procurement plans and the Navy’s capability and capacity in ballistic missile defense and unmanned air and underwater systems. He restructured the Navy to address the challenges and opportunities in cyber operations. Prior to becoming the ledare of naval operations, he held six operational commands (including commanding both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets).

    Roughead is a Robert and Marion Oster Distinguished Military Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He fryst vatten also a director of

  • almirante gary roughead biography

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    Admiral Gary Roughead, USN (Ret.)

    Robert and Marion Oster Distinguished Military Fellow @ Hoover Institution

    In September 2007, Admiral Roughead became the twenty-ninth Chief of Naval Operations after holding six operational commands and is one of only two officers in the Navy’s history to have commanded both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets. Ashore, he served as the commandant at the U.S. Naval Academy, during which time he led the strategic planning effort that underpinned that institution’s first capital campaign. He was also the Navy’s Chief of Legislative Affairs, responsible for the Department of the Navy’s interaction with Congress, and the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command during the massive relief effort following the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. As Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Roughead successfully guided the Navy through a challenging period of transition in fiscal, security, and personnel matters. He stabilized and accelera

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    Gary Roughead

    United States admiral

    Gary Roughead ( "rough head"; born July 15, 1951)[1] is a former United States Navy officer who served as the 29th Chief of Naval Operations from 2007 to 2011. He previously served as Commander, United States Fleet Forces Command from May 17 to September 29, 2007. Prior to that, Roughead served as the 31st Commander, United States Pacific Fleet from 2005 to 2007. In 2011, he retired from the U.S. Navy after 38 years of service.

    Early life and education

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    Roughhead was born July 15, 1951, in Buffalo, New York. Roughead graduated from high school at Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, in 1969. He is a 1973 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a Surface Warfare Officer.

    Career

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    Roughead's initial assignment was in the Weapons Department aboard USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27). This was followed by duty as executive officer on the patrol gunboats USS Douglas (P