- William Douglas Crowder
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name=William Douglas Crowder
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caption=Vice Admiral William Crowder
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allegiance=United States Navy
serviceyears=1974-
rank=Vice Admiral
commands=US 7th Fleet USS Kidd (DDG-993)
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awards=Navy Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit
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laterwork=Vice Admiral William Douglas Crowder was the commander of theUnited States 7th Fleet .Career
The son of a navy Master Chief and
Quartermaster , Crowder received a congressional appointment to theUnited States Naval Academy where he graduated in June 1974.At sea, Vice Admiral Crowder has served in numerous ships in both Pacific and Atlantic Fleets including: as CIC Officer in
USS Ramsey (FFG-2) , Aft Propulsion Group Officer inUSS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) , Combat Systems Officer inUSS Stump (DD-978) , andExecutive Officer inUSS Yorktown (CG-48) .He commanded
USS Kidd (DDG-993) from 1992-1994, operating in both the Pacific and Atlantic, winning theBattle Efficiency "E" Award . In 1998-1999 he commandedDestroyer Squadron 24 , deploying to theMediterranean as part of theUSS John F. Kennedy Battle Group . He also served as the Aide and Flag Lieutenant to Commander,Naval Surface Force ,U.S. Atlantic Fleet .Ashore, Vice Admiral Crowder has served a number of tours in
the Pentagon including: as action officer on the staff of theChief of Naval Operations , Strategy and Plans Division (OP-60);Surface Warfare Analyst in the Office of Program Appraisal (Office of Secretary of the Navy ); Deputy Executive Assistant to theVice Chief of Naval Operations ; Chief of the Planning and Integration Branch,Joint Staff (J-8); Senior Staff of theNational Defense Panel ; and as Executive Assistant to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He also served as Executive Assistant and Senior Naval Aide to the Commander-in-ChiefU.S. Pacific Fleet .Vice Admiral Crowder assumed his current assignment as commander of the 7th fleet in September 2006. Prior to assuming that command, he was ADCNO for Information, Plans, and Strategy (OPNAV N3/N5B) in August 2005. His previous Flag assignments were as Director, Deep Blue, the Navy Operations Group, from August 2002 to May 2004, Director, Operations, Plans and Political Military Affairs Division (N31/N52) from September 2001-October 2002 — both on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. Additionally he served as Commander,
Carrier Strike Group Nine /Abraham Lincoln Strike Group from July 2004 to August 2005 deploying to the western Pacific and serving as Commander,Combined Support Group Indonesia , as part ofOperation Unified Assistance (Tsunami Relief effort).Vice Admiral Crowder was selected as an
Olmsted Scholar and studied European Economic and Political Affairs at theUniversity of Lausanne , Switzerland from 1980-82. In November 1982, he was awarded theJean Monnet Medal for Leadership by thePresident of the French Senate inParis .References
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=85
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