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ADMIRAL GIAMBASTIANI NAMED SAC TRANSFORMATION
NATO today announced the appointment of Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., U.S. Navy, as supreme allied commander for transformation.
Admiral Giambastiani is currently serving as the commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command.
With the advice and consent
of the Senate, the president will appoint him to the
rank of admiral while serving
in these positions.
DoD
News: Admiral Giambastiani Named SAC Transformation
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2003/b05232003_bt362-03.html
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Admiral
E.
P. Giambastiani, Jr.
United
States Navy
Commander
U.S.
Joint Forces Command
As the commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command, Adm. E.P. Giambastiani oversees the command's mission of leading the transformation of the armed forces of the United States.
Joint Forces Command is also responsible for providing combat ready U.S.-based Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps forces to support the military requirements of U.S. combatant commands around the world.
Prior to his current assignment, he served as senior military assistant to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, which followed an assignment as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for resources, requirements, and assessments.
A career submarine officer, Admiral Giambastiani’s assignments have included several in which he was responsible for development of new technologies and experimental processes, as well as four tours in command. For example, he commanded submarine NR-1, the Navy’s only nuclear powered deep diving ocean engineering and research submarine. He also led Submarine Development Squadron Twelve, an attack submarine squadron that serves as the Navy’s Center of Excellence for submarine doctrine and tactics. Established in 1949, Submarine Development Squadron Twelve is the oldest experimental unit of its kind in the U.S. military. The admiral also served as the first director of strategy and concepts at the Naval Doctrine Command.
Additionally, Admiral Giambastiani commanded the nuclear-powered submarine USS Richard B. Russell (SSN 687). Admiral Giambastiani also served as the commander of Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force; commander of Submarines Allied Command Atlantic and commander Anti-Submarine and Reconnaissance Forces Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia.
Admiral Giambastiani’s other shore and staff assignments include duties as an enlisted program manager on the staff of the Navy Recruiting Command Headquarters, Washington, DC, in the early days of the all volunteer force; special assistant to the deputy director for intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency; and, a one-year assignment with the Chief of Naval Operations’ Strategic Studies Group. As a flag officer, he served as the deputy chief of staff for resources, warfare requirements and assessments for the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and director of the submarine warfare division on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations .
Admiral Giambastiani graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with leadership distinction in 1970 and his decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal.
USJFCOM:
Adm. Ed Giambastiani
http://www.jfcom.mil/about/giambastiani.htm