William James Crow Jr. ( English William James Crowe Jr .; , - , ) - American military commander, retired admiral , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States (1985-1989).
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| Affiliation |  USA | |||||||||||||||||
| Type of army |  U.S. Navy | |||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1946-1989 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rank |  admiral | |||||||||||||||||
| Commanded | Joint Chiefs of Staff Indo-Pacific Command of the US Armed Forces US Naval Forces in Europe NATO Allied Ground Forces Command in Southern Europe US Navy Middle East Connection | |||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | War in vietnam | |||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 memory
- 3 Awards and titles
- 4 notes
- 5 Sources
Biography
At the beginning of the Great Depression, his father moved his family to Oklahoma City . In June 1946, he completed a crash course, and in 1947, a course at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis , Maryland .
- 1954-1955 - Assistant naval naval adjutant to US President Dwight Eisenhower ,
- 1956-1958 - Senior Assistant Submarine Commander USS Wahoo (SS-565),
- 1958-1960 - Deputy Head of Naval Operations ,
- 1960-1962 - commander of the submarine USS (SS-566).
Then he received a master's degree in education from Stanford University , rejecting the invitation of Admiral Hyman Rickover to participate in the program for developing nuclear power plants for the navy, and received a master's degree in art and a Ph.D. in political science from Princeton University . In 1969, he took command of the 31st Submarine Fleet Division in San Diego , California .
- 1967-1970 - Head of the East Asia-Pacific Branch of the Military-Political Division of the Apart of the Chief of Naval Operations of the Navy,
- 1970-1973 - Senior Advisor to the Mobile River Forces of South Vietnam,
- 1973-1975 - in the post of Rear Admiral was appointed Deputy Director of the Department of Strategic Plans, Politics, Nuclear Systems and Nuclear Safety of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations of the Navy,
- 1975-1976 - Director of the East Asian and Pacific Region Office of the Secretary of Defense
- 1976 - Commander of the United States Navy Connection in the Middle East,
- 1977-1980 - in the position of vice admiral was appointed deputy chief of staff for the development of naval plans, programs and operational issues,
- 1980-1983 - in the post of admiral he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in Southern Europe, in 1983 - at the same time Commander-in-Chief of the United States Navy in Europe,
- 1983-1985 - Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces in the Pacific.
In 1985-1989 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States. He was the first to work in accordance with the provisions of the Goldwater-Nichols Act (1986) on the reorganization of the Department of Defense, which strengthened his authority. In 1989, he retired.
Having led the Department of Geopolitics at the University of Oklahoma, unexpectedly for many in the 1992 presidential election, he supported Bill Clinton . After his election as head of state in 1993, he was appointed chairman of the presidential advisory board on foreign intelligence.
In 1994-1997 - US Ambassador to the UK.
He served on the boards of directors of a number of large American companies (Texaco, Merrill Lynch, Pfizer, Norfolk Southern Corporation and General Dynamics). He served on the board of directors of the pharmaceutical company Emergent BioSolutions (at that time Bioport), a company that supplied ambiguously evaluated vaccines for anthrax to the American military in the 1990s. At the time of his death, he served as chairman of the board of directors of Global Options, Inc., an international company for risk management and business solutions.
From 2000 to 2007, he led a seminar on national security at the US Naval Academy. In 2004, he was among 27 retired diplomats and military commanders who publicly stated that the administration of President George W. Bush does not understand the world and cannot “in any style or substance” fulfill the responsibilities of a global leadership.
He was buried in the cemetery of the US Naval Academy.
Memory
In 2008, a scholarship was established in his honor at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Trade at the University of Kentucky to support former U.S. military personnel who, like Crowe, went from military service to diplomatic service.
In 2009, the University of Oklahoma Center for International Programs established the Admiral William J. Crow Jr. Prize. This award is presented every spring semester to an outstanding graduate in international and regional studies.
Also became the prototype of the video game "Heroes of the Pacific."
Awards and titles
American:
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- US Department of Defense Medal For Outstanding Service with Three Oak Leaves
- Two-Star Medal For Outstanding Service
- US Army Outstanding Service Medal
- US Air Force Outstanding Service Medal
- US Coast Guard Outstanding Service Medal
- Legion of Honor Order with a rewarding star
- Air Medal with Bronze Premium Number 7
- Gratitude from the President
- Gratitude to the part of the Navy
- Medal "For Service in China"
- Campaign Medal
- Medal of Victory in World War II
- Medal "For service in the occupying forces of the fleet" with a Pacific clasp
- Medal "For the service of national defense" with a bronze star
- Medal "For Service in Vietnam" with a star for participating in the campaign
- Humanitarian Aid Medal
Foreign:
- Grand Cross Order of Merit for the Italian Republic
- Knight of the Great Cross Order of the Crown of Thailand
- 1st Class Merit Order of the Republic of Korea
- Order of Distinguished Service (South Vietnam) 2nd class
- Cross “For courage” (South Vietnam) with a palm tree and a bronze star
- Armed Forces Medal of Honor (South Vietnam)
- Campaign in Vietnam Medal (South Vietnam)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/10/navy_crowe_obit_071018w/