Gary Roughead

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allegiance=flag|United States of America
branch= United States Navy
serviceyears=1973-present
rank=Admiral
commands=Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Forces Command U.S. Pacific Fleet
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battles=Vietnam War
awards=Defense Distinguished Service Medal Navy Distinguished Service Medal (2) Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (4) Meritorious Service Medal (2) Navy Commendation Medal Navy Achievement Medal (2)
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Admiral Gary Roughead, USN is the 29^th and current Chief of Naval Operations. He previously served as Commander, Fleet Forces Command. He assumed his current assignment on September 29, 2007.

Biography

Roughead graduated high school from Valley Forge Military Academy (Wayne, PA) in 1969. He is a 1973 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a Surface Warfare Officer. His initial assignment was in the Weapons Department in USS "Josephus Daniels" (CG-27). This was followed by duty as Executive Officer in the patrol gunboats USS "Douglas" (PG-100) and USS "Tacoma" (PG-92), the former home ported in Naples, Italy. He was the commissioning Chief Engineer in USS "O'Bannon" (DD-987) and Executive Officer in USS "Spruance" (DD-963).

Tours ashore include assignments as Flag Lieutenant to Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; the Surface Warfare Analyst at the Navy's Office of Program Appraisal; Administrative Aide to the Secretary of the Navy; Executive Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; Commandant, United States Naval Academy; the Department of the Navy's Chief of Legislative Affairs; and most recently, Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command.

Roughead was the commissioning Commanding Officer of the Aegis destroyer USS "Barry" (DDG-52) and upon assuming command of the cruiser USS "Port Royal" (CG-73), became the first naval officer to command both classes of Aegis ships. While he was in command, "Port Royal" was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation and received the Golden Anchor Award for excellence in retention and crew support programs. He was Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Two and the George Washington Battle Group, deploying to the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea. His latest assignment afloat was as Commander, U.S. Second Fleet and Commander, NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic and Commander, Naval Forces North Fleet East in Norfolk, Virginia.

Roughead was a keynote speaker at the End of WWII Commemoration aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial on Ford Island in Hawaii. * [http://www.cpf.navy.mil/speeches/050902.htm]

Awards and decorations

Roughead's awards include:

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References

* [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=253 Official Biography] "This work is in the public domain."

References

* [http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11194 Announcement of Nomination as Chief of Naval Operations]

on March 19 2007, ADM Roughhead was nominated to head the Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk Va

on July 27 2007, ADM Roughead was nominated to be the Chief of Naval Operations