Mark H. Buzby

Mark H. Buzby
Admiral Buzby at Guantamo Bay, 2007
Born	October 6, 1956 (1956-10-06) (age 55)
Service/branch	United States Navy
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	deputy director, expeditionary warfare, N85B, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo (2007-03-29 — 2008-01-11) Deputy Director, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (2008-01-11 — unknown) Commander, Military Sealift Command (2009-10-16 — present)[1]

Rear Admiral Mark Howard Buzby (born October 6, 1956)^[2] is an officer in the United States Navy.^[3][4][5] On October 16, 2009 Buzby was appointed the Commander of the Military Sealift Command, replacing RADM Robert D. Reilly Jr.

Education

According to his official biography Buzby studied at:^[1]

Admiral Farragut Academy	1975	graduate
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy	1979	Bachelor of Science degree in Nautical Science USCG Third Mate License.
U.S. Naval War College	1991	Master of Arts degree in Strategic Studies and International Affairs.
Salve Regina University		Master of Arts degree in International Relations
Armed Forces Staff College		graduate

Notable appointments

According to his official biography Buzby held the following appointments:^[1]

post	position	rank	year	notes
USS Connole	Damage Control Assistant	Ensign	1979
USS Aries	Combat Systems Officer			A hydrofoil
USS Yorktown	Weapons Officer and Combat Systems Officer
OPNAV staff	Point Defense AAW Section Head for Surface Warfare Division (OP-352E).
USS Shiloh	Executive Officer			Ship's first commission
OPNAV staff	Aegis Combat System Development Officer (N865G3)
Joint Staff	Joint Operations Division (J-33/JOD) as an Operations Officer and Chairman's Briefer
USS Carney	Commanding Officer	Commander	1997	USS Arizona Memorial Award for most combat ready ship in the Navy
Sixth Fleet	Assistant Operations Officer
Destroyer Squadron 31	Commanding Officer	Commodore
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations	Deputy Director, expeditionary warfare, N85B
Joint Task Force Guantanamo	Commanding Officer	Rear Admiral	2007-03-29 – 2008-01-11
U.S. Fleet Forces Command	Deputy Director	Rear Admiral	2008-01-11 –
Military Sealift Command	Commanding Officer	Rear Admiral	2009-10-16 -

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Rear Admiral Mark H. Buzby". United States Navy. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=63. Retrieved 2009-03-19. 
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ "Flag Officer Assignments". US Department of Defense. March 29, 2007. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=10670. Retrieved 2007-04-02. 
4. ^ Stephanie Heinatz (January 11, 2008). "Navy admirals get new assignments". Norfolk Daily Press. http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/norfolk/dp-now-admirals.0111,0,3462117.story. Retrieved 2008-01-09. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Flag Officer Assignments". US Department of Defense. January 11, 2008. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11614. Retrieved 2008-01-13. 

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