100 Notable alumni of
Naval Postgraduate School
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Naval Postgraduate School is 540th in the world, 205th in North America, and 189th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Naval Postgraduate School sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mark Kelly
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- In 1994 graduated with Master of Science in aeronautics
- Occupations
- writerpoliticiantest pilotmilitary officerastronaut
- Biography
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Mark Edward Kelly is an American politician, former astronaut, and United States Navy captain who has served as the junior United States senator from Arizona since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in the special election held following the death of Senator John McCain, defeating incumbent Republican Martha McSally.
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William H. McRaven
- Occupations
- military officer
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William Harry McRaven is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who served as the ninth commander of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) from August 8, 2011 to August 28, 2014. From 2015 to 2018, he was the chancellor of The University of Texas System.
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Eugene Cernan
- Occupations
- fighter pilotaerospace engineerautobiographerastronautbusinessperson
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Eugene Andrew Cernan was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh human being to walk on the Moon. As he re-entered the Apollo Lunar Module after Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, he remains the most recent person to walk on the Moon.
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Qamar Javed Bajwa
- Occupations
- military officer
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Qamar Javed Bajwa is a retired Pakistani army general who served as the tenth chief of the army staff of Pakistan from 29 November 2016 to 29 November 2022. In 2018 he was ranked 68th in the Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People.
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Richard Marcinko
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- sailorwritermilitary officerradio personalityveteran
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Richard Marcinko was a U.S. Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran. He was the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six. After retiring from the United States Navy, he became an author, radio talk show host, military consultant, and motivational speaker.
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Edgar Mitchell
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in aeronautics
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerbusinesspersonscreenwriterastronautaircraft pilot
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Edgar Dean "Ed" Mitchell was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist, and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, and was the sixth person to walk on the Moon.
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Marcos Pontes
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianastronautengineerfighter pilot
- Biography
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Marcos Cesar Pontes is a Brazilian Air Force pilot, engineer, AEB astronaut, politician and author. He became the first South American and the first Lusophone to go into space when he docked onto the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on March 30, 2006. He is the only Brazilian to have completed the NASA astronaut training program, although he switched to training in Russia after NASA's Space Shuttle program encountered problems. After Jair Bolsonaro's election as President of Brazil in 2018, Pontes was officially nominated to be Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, a post which he accepted days later and assumed when Bolsonaro's government began. He left the post on 31 March 2022 and in the same year was elected federal senator for his state, São Paulo.
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Arleigh Burke
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Arleigh Albert Burke was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.
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Hyman G. Rickover
- Occupations
- military officersubmariner
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Hyman G. Rickover was an admiral in the United States Navy. He directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office. In addition, he oversaw the development of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor used for generating electricity. Rickover is also one of four people who have been awarded two Congressional Gold Medals.
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David A. Clarke, Jr
- Occupations
- podcaster
- Biography
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David Alexander Clarke Jr. is an American former law enforcement official who served as Sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, from 2002 to 2017.
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Michael Mullen
- Occupations
- military officer
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Michael Glenn Mullen is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2007 to September 2011.
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William C. McCool
- Occupations
- astronautaerospace engineeraircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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William Cameron "Willie" McCool was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the atmosphere. McCool was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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Jasmin Moghbeli
- Occupations
- astronauthelicopter pilottest pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Jasmin Moghbeli is an American U.S. Marine Corps test pilot and NASA astronaut. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Naval Postgraduate School, and Naval Test Pilot School. Moghbeli is mission commander for SpaceX’s Crew-7 and flight engineer aboard the International Space Station.
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Bujar Nishani
- Occupations
- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Bujar Faik Nishani was an Albanian politician. He served as the president of Albania from 24 July 2012 to 24 July 2017.
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Victor J. Glover
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotastronaut
- Biography
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Victor Jerome Glover is a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013 and pilot on the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Glover is a captain and F/A-18 pilot in the U.S. Navy and is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. He was a crew member of Expedition 64, and served as a station systems flight engineer.
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Eric T. Olson
- Occupations
- military officer
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Eric Thor Olson is a retired United States Navy admiral who last served as the eighth Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) from July 2, 2007 to August 8, 2011. He previously served as Deputy Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command from 2003 to July 2007. Olson was the first Navy SEAL ever to be appointed to three-star and four-star flag rank, as well as the first naval officer to be USSOCOM's combatant commander. He took command from Army General Bryan D. Brown in 2007. Brown and Olson had served together at the SOCOM headquarters in Tampa for four years. He retired from active duty on August 22, 2011 after over 38 years of service. He relinquished command of SOCOM to Admiral William H. McRaven the same day.
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Ronald Evans
- Occupations
- aerospace engineermilitary officerastronautengineeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. was an American electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, officer and aviator in the United States Navy, and NASA astronaut. As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to fly to the Moon, and one of 12 people to fly to the Moon without landing.
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Richard F. Gordon
- Occupations
- chemistastronautbusinesspersonaircraft pilotscreenwriter
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Richard Francis "Dick" Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, as command module pilot of the Apollo 12 mission, which orbited the Moon 45 times. Gordon had already flown in space as the pilot of the 1966 Gemini 11 mission.
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Joseph Maguire
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- 1983-1985 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- military officerexecutive
- Biography
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Joseph Maguire is an American officer who served as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center and Acting Director of National Intelligence under President Donald Trump. He retired from the United States Navy as a vice admiral in 2010 after 36 years of military service. Prior to retiring from active duty, he was the deputy director for strategic operational planning at National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).
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Keith B. Alexander
- Occupations
- spyintelligence officersoldier
- Biography
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Keith Brian Alexander is a retired four-star general of the United States Army, who served as director of the National Security Agency, chief of the Central Security Service, and commander of the United States Cyber Command. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2 (Intelligence), United States Army from 2003 to 2005. He assumed the positions of Director of the National Security Agency and Chief of the Central Security Service on August 1, 2005, and the additional duties as Commander United States Cyber Command on May 21, 2010.
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Michael J. Smith
- Occupations
- naval officerastronauttest pilot
- Biography
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Michael John Smith, (Capt USN) was an American engineer and astronaut. He served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission, when it broke up 73 seconds into the flight, and at an altitude of 48,000 feet (14.6 km), killing all seven crew members. Smith's voice was the last one heard on the Challenger voice recorder.
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Michael López-Alegría
- Occupations
- astronaut
- Biography
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Michael López-Alegría is an astronaut, test pilot and commercial astronaut with dual nationality, American and Spanish; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known for having performed ten spacewalks so far in his career, presently holding the second longest all-time EVA duration record (first among NASA astronauts) and having the fifth-longest spaceflight of any American at the length of 215 days; this time was spent on board the ISS from September 18, 2006, to April 21, 2007. López-Alegría commanded Axiom-1, the first ever all-private team of commercial astronaut mission to the International Space Station, which launched on April 8, 2022, and spent just over 17 days in Earth's orbit.
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Carlos Del Toro
- Occupations
- naval officerpolitician
- Biography
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Carlos Del Toro is a Cuban-American entrepreneur and retired United States Navy officer who serves as the 78th United States Secretary of the Navy since 2021.
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Rick Saccone
- Occupations
- military officerpolitician
- Biography
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Richard Saccone is an American educator and far-right politician who represented Pennsylvania's 39th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he was his party's nominee for the March 2018 special election to fill in the vacant U.S. House seat for the 18th congressional district. Saccone lost to Democratic candidate Conor Lamb by a margin of 0.3%.
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Chamlong Srimuang
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- 1972-1974 graduated with master's degree in management
- Occupations
- military personnelpoliticianactivist
- Biography
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Chamlong Srimuang is a Thai activist and former politician. A former general, he was a leader of the "Young Turks" military clique, founded and led the Palang Dharma Party, served for six years as governor of Bangkok, led the anti-military uprising of May 1992, and is a prominent member of the People's Alliance for Democracy, a group strongly opposed to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Chamlong had supported the military junta that overthrew Thaksin in a coup. A devout Buddhist and follower of the Santi Asoke sect, he is now celibate, a vegetarian, and claims to have no worldly possessions. Chamlong Srimuang received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in the category of Government Service in 1992.
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John Herrington
- Occupations
- United States Naval Aviatorastronautaquanaut
- Biography
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John Bennett Herrington is a retired United States Naval Aviator, engineer and former NASA astronaut. In 2002, Herrington became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space.
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Steven Sund
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- police officeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Steven A. Sund is a retired American police officer who served as the tenth chief of the United States Capitol Police from 2019 to 2021. Sund was chief during the January 6 United States Capitol attack, after which he resigned.
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Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
- Occupations
- military personnelpoliticianinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani is a Bahraini engineer and retired lieutenant general. He is the foreign minister, having formerly been the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from 1 April 2011 to February 2020. He was the fifth GCC secretary general and the first with military background since the GCC was established.
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John H. Miller
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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John Harrison Miller is a highly decorated retired lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps. A veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, Miller completed his career as commanding general, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic.
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Carlos I. Noriega
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- In 1990 graduated with Master of Science in computer science
- Occupations
- military officerastronaut
- Biography
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Carlos Ismael Noriega is a Peruvian-American NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel.
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Daniel R. Hokanson
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Arts in civil–military relations and international security
- Occupations
- military personnelaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Daniel Robert Hokanson is a four-star general in the United States Army who currently serves as the 29th chief of the National Guard Bureau. He previously served as the 21st director of the Army National Guard. His previous military assignments include serving as vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, deputy commander of United States Northern Command, adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard, and commander of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Just Cause. Hokanson assumed his current assignment on 3 August 2020.
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Robert O. Work
- Biography
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Robert Orton Work is an American national security professional who served as the 32nd United States Deputy Secretary of Defense for both the Obama and Trump administrations from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that, Work was the United States Under Secretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2013, and before that served as a colonel in the United States Marine Corps; Work retired in 2001 and worked as a civilian at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) and the George Washington University in various positions relating to military and strategic study. From 2013 to 2014, he was the CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). After his time as Deputy Secretary of Defense, he went on to serve on the board of Raytheon. As of October 2023, he serves on the Special Competitive Studies Project's board of advisors.
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Christopher Ferguson
- Occupations
- commercial astronautastronautengineermilitary officer
- Biography
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Christopher J. "Fergy" Ferguson is a Boeing commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. He then commanded STS-126 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. In 2011, he was assigned as commander of STS-135, which was the final mission of the space shuttle program.
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Michael Hagee
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in electrical engineering
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Michael William Hagee is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 33rd Commandant of the Marine Corps from 2003 to 2006, succeeding General James L. Jones on January 13, 2003. He stepped down as Commandant two months before the end of his four-year term, and was succeeded by General James T. Conway on November 13, 2006. On that date, Hagee had his retirement ceremony just prior to the passage of command ceremony. Hagee retired from the Marine Corps on January 1, 2007.
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Jeffrey Williams
- Occupations
- astronautarmy officerengineer
- Biography
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Jeffrey Nels Williams is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four space flights and formerly held the American record for most days spent in space, which was surpassed in April 2017 by his colleague Peggy Whitson. He still holds the record of the longest time in space for an American man.
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Frank Castellano
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in military information systems technology
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Francis Xavier Castellano is a United States Navy captain currently assigned as the commanding officer of Center for Surface Combat Systems. Castellano is best known as the commander of the guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge during the hijacking of MV Maersk Alabama.
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Jack R. Lousma
- Occupations
- astronautaerospace engineeraircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Jack Robert Lousma is an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former naval aviator, NASA astronaut, and politician. He was a member of the second crew, Skylab-3, on the Skylab space station in 1973. In 1982, he commanded STS-3, the third Space Shuttle mission. Lousma was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997. He is the last living crew member of both of his spaceflights.
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Scott Altman
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerastronautmilitary officer
- Biography
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Scott Douglas "Scooter" Altman is a retired United States Navy Captain and naval aviator, engineer, test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. His fourth mission on STS-125 was the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. As of November 2022, he is the president of the Space operating group for ASRC Federal.
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Samuel Paparo
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in systems analysis
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Samuel John Paparo Jr. is a United States Navy four-star admiral serving as the 64th commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, succeeding Admiral John C. Aquilino on May 5, 2021.
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Eliezer Shkedi
- Occupations
- air force officer
- Biography
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Aluf Eliezer Shkedy is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces, who served as commander of the Israeli Air Force from 4 April 2004 until 13 May 2008. He is also a former CEO of El Al, the flag carrier of Israel.
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Paul J. Weitz
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Studied in 1964
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerastronautmilitary officer
- Biography
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Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission. He was also commander of the STS-6 mission, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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Alan G. Poindexter
- Occupations
- astronautaircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Alan Goodwin "Dex" Poindexter was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut. Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group (G17) and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-122 and STS-131.
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Liu Ho-chien
- Years
- 1926-2023 (aged 97)
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Liu Ho-chien was a Taiwanese admiral who commanded the Republic of China Navy in the 1980s and served as Chief of the General Staff in the 1990s.
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Cecil D. Haney
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Cecil Eugene Diggs Haney is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as Commander, United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) from November 15, 2013 to November 3, 2016. Prior to STRATCOM, he served as Commander, United States Pacific Fleet. He received the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
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Gerald Carr
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- In 1961 graduated with Bachelor of Science in Aviation engineering
- Occupations
- astronautengineeraerospace engineermilitary officer
- Biography
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Gerald Paul "Jerry" Carr was an American mechanical and aeronautical engineer, United States Marine Corps officer, naval aviator, and NASA astronaut. He was commander of Skylab 4, the third and final crewed visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop, from November 16, 1973, to February 8, 1974.
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Cihat Yaycı
- Occupations
- university teacherwritersoldier
- Biography
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Cihat Yaycı is a Turkish author, former rear admiral, and theoretician of the irredentist and expansionist strategic doctrine known as "Blue Homeland".
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Frank M. Bradley
- Born in
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United States - Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in physics
- Occupations
- admiral
- Biography
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Frank Mitchell Bradley is a United States Navy vice admiral and commander of Joint Special Operations Command since August 10, 2022. He most recently served as the commander of Special Operations Command Central from July 20, 2020 to July 1, 2022. Prior to that, he served as the assistant commander of Joint Special Operations Command from 2018 to 2020.
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Mark E. Mitchell
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Mark Edward Mitchell was the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict for the United States Department of Defense for several months during 2019. A retired colonel, Mitchell was the first member of the United States Army to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during the War in Afghanistan and was the first to receive the award since the Vietnam War. He received the award in 2003 for his actions during the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, which took place in late November to early December 2001.
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Joseph Weber
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicist
- Biography
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Joseph Weber was an American physicist. He gave the earliest public lecture on the principles behind the laser and the maser and developed the first gravitational wave detectors (Weber bars).
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James D. Watkins
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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James David Watkins was a United States Navy admiral and former Chief of Naval Operations who served as the United States Secretary of Energy during the George H. W. Bush administration, also chairing U.S. government commissions on HIV/AIDS and ocean policy. Watkins also served on the boards of various companies and other nongovernmental organizations and as the co-chair of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative.
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Matthew Dominick
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in systems engineering
- Occupations
- military personnelastronautengineertest pilot
- Biography
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Matthew Stuart Dominick is a US Navy test pilot and NASA astronaut. He has more than 1,600 hours of flight time in 28 aircraft, 400 carrier-arrested landings, 61 combat missions, and almost 200 flight test carrier landings.
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John John Yeosock
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in systems analysis and operations research
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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John John Yeosock was a United States Army lieutenant general who commanded the Third United States Army during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.
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Craig S. Faller
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with master's degree in national security affairs
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Craig Stephen Faller is a retired United States Navy admiral. A 1983 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a native of Fryburg, Pennsylvania, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering. He earned his master's in national security affairs (strategic planning) from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1990.
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Jon McBride
- Occupations
- astronautaerospace engineerfighter pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Jon Andrew McBride, is a retired NASA astronaut and American naval officer.
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Michael T. Franken
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- 1985-1987 graduated with Master of Science in underwater warfare
- Occupations
- military officerpolitician
- Biography
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Michael Thane Franken is an American retired United States Navy vice admiral. His final posting was as deputy director of military operations for the United States Africa Command. Franken was a Democratic candidate in the 2020 United States Senate election in Iowa, but lost the June 2 primary to Theresa Greenfield. Franken was the Democratic nominee for the 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa, which he lost to Republican incumbent Chuck Grassley.
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Lorna Mahlock
- Born in
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Jamaica - Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lorna M. Mahlock is a United States Marine Corps major general who has served as commander of the Cyber National Mission Force since January 5, 2024. In 2018, she became the first Black woman to be nominated for promotion to brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps. In December 2022, she became the first black female major general in the history of the Marine Corps.
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Robert F. Overmyer
- Occupations
- astronautaerospace engineeraircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Robert Franklyn "Bob" Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. Overmyer was selected by the Air Force as an astronaut for its Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1966. Upon cancellation of the program in 1969, he became a NASA astronaut and served support crew duties for the Apollo program, Skylab program, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. In 1976, he was assigned to the Space Shuttle program and flew as pilot on STS-5 in 1982 and as commander on STS-51-B in 1985. He was selected as a lead investigator into the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, retiring from NASA that same year. A decade later, Overmyer died while testing the Cirrus VK-30 homebuilt aircraft.
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Robert Curbeam
- Occupations
- astronautengineeraircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Robert Lee Curbeam Jr. is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy. He currently holds the record for the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight, accomplished during the STS-116 mission, when Curbeam completed four spacewalks.
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Stephen R. Lyons
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Stephen R. Lyons is a retired four-star general in the United States Army who last served as the 13th commander of the United States Transportation Command from August 2018 to October 2021. He previously served as the commanding general of United States Army Combined Arms Support Command/Sustainment Center of Excellence as well as the senior mission commander for Fort Lee, Virginia, from 2014 to 2015.
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Winston E. Scott
- Occupations
- astronautaircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Winston Elliott "Win" Scott is a retired United States Navy Captain and former NASA astronaut. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997 logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in space, including three spacewalks totaling 19 hours and 26 minutes. Often known by his nickname of "Win", he was also a Naval Aviator and initially flew helicopters and later transitioned to fighter aircraft.
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Edward G. Winters, III
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Edward G. Winters III is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who commanded the Naval Special Warfare Command from Sept. 2008 to June 2011. He also previously served as commanding officer of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group from 2003 to 2005.
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William K. Lescher
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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William Kevin Lescher is a retired four-star admiral in the United States Navy who last served as the 41st Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He held this office from May 29, 2020, to September 2, 2022. Lescher was also the "Old Goat", the longest serving Naval Academy graduate on active duty, from 2018 to 2022.
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Kenneth Ham
- Occupations
- aerospace engineertest pilotmilitary officerastronautengineer
- Biography
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Kenneth Todd "Hock" Ham is a retired American astronaut and a captain in the United States Navy. Ham was selected for NASA's astronaut program in August 1998, while serving as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet lead carrier suitability test pilot. Ham's aviator call sign is "Hock". Ham traveled to space twice as part of the Space Shuttle program. He flew on STS-124 as pilot and then on STS-132 as mission commander.
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William S. Wallace
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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William Scott Wallace is a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He served as Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) at Fort Monroe, Virginia from October 13, 2005, to December 8, 2008. He retired from the army on December 8, 2008.
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Marc Levine
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marc Levine is an American politician, who served in the California State Assembly representing the 10th district between 2012 and 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Levine is the former Chairman of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. A former member of the San Rafael City Council, Levine previously worked as a technology entrepreneur.
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Michael Foreman
- Occupations
- military officerastronaut
- Biography
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Michael James Foreman is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and a NASA astronaut. While with NASA, Foreman was part of a mission that delivered the Japanese Experiment Module and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator to the International Space Station. Foreman was also a crewmember of the STS-129 mission in November 2009. In 2018, he was elected mayor of Friendswood, Texas; he was re-elected to a second 3-year term in 2021.
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Håkan Syrén
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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General Håkan Erik Gunnar Syrén is a retired officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery/Swedish Amphibious Corps and former Chairman of the European Union Military Committee. He was the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1 January 2004 to 25 March 2009, and was the first Supreme Commander to come from the Navy.
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Robert Truax
- Occupations
- aerospace engineerengineermilitary officer
- Biography
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Captain Robert C. Truax was an American rocket engineer in the United States Navy, and companies such as Aerojet and Truax Engineering, which he founded. Truax was a proponent of low-cost rocket engine and vehicle designs.
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Thomas R. Turner II
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- executive officer
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Thomas R. Turner II is a retired United States Army officer, who served as the commander of the 101st Airborne Division and United States Army North, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
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Michael Coats
- Occupations
- astronautaircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Michael Lloyd Coats is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California. From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Mark E. Ferguson III
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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Mark E. Ferguson III is a retired United States Navy admiral who last served as Commander, United States Naval Forces Europe, United States Naval Forces Africa and Allied Joint Force Command Naples. Ferguson previously served as the 37th Vice Chief of Naval Operations from August 22, 2011 to July 1, 2014. Prior to that, he served as the 55th Chief of Naval Personnel and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel, Training & Education). He also served as chief of legislative affairs and assistant commander for distribution, Navy Personnel Command. He retired from active duty on July 1, 2016.
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John Batiste
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in financial management
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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John Robinson Batiste is a retired officer of the United States Army, author, and the co-founder of Batiste Leadership.
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Karl O. Thomas
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in information technology
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Karl Owen Thomas is a United States Navy vice admiral who served as the 53rd commander of the United States Seventh Fleet from 2021 to 2024.
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Theodore E. Chandler
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- military officer
- Biography
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Theodore Edson Chandler was a rear admiral of the United States Navy during World War II, who commanded battleship and cruiser divisions in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets. He was killed in action when a Japanese kamikaze aircraft struck his flagship Louisville on January 6, 1945, in Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands. He died the next day, January 7, 1945, from severely scorched lungs. He was the last of five US Navy admirals killed in battle during WWII, including: Isaac C. Kidd (1941, Attack on Pearl Harbor); Norman Scott and Daniel J. Callaghan (same day, 1942, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal); and Henry M. Mullinnix (1943, Battle of Makin).
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Thomas E. White
- Occupations
- politicianmanager
- Biography
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Thomas Eugene White Jr. is an American businessman and former United States Army officer who served as a senior executive for a subsidiary of the now collapsed Enron and as the United States Secretary of the Army from May 31, 2001 until November 17, 2004.
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Wayne E. Meyer
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- military officer
- Biography
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Rear Admiral Wayne Eugene Meyer is regarded as the "Father of Aegis" for his 13 years of service as the Aegis Weapon System Manager and later the founding project manager of the Aegis Shipbuilding Project Office. He retired from the United States Navy in 1985 as the Deputy Commander for Weapons and Combat Systems, Naval Sea Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command and Ordnance Officer of the Navy.
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Cathy L. Lanier
- Occupations
- police officerchief of police
- Biography
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Cathy Lynn Lanier is a former chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC). Lanier was appointed by Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty in January 2007, replacing outgoing police chief Charles H. Ramsey. She is the first woman to hold the position. In May 2012, Mayor Vincent C. Gray agreed to retain Lanier as police chief under a new five-year contract. Lanier accepted a third appointment from Mayor Muriel Bowser in 2016, making her the first chief of police in MPD history to serve three mayors. Violent crime dropped 23 percent over the years Lanier was chief, and homicides plunged to a half-century low in 2012. On August 16, 2016, it was announced that Lanier had accepted a position as the senior vice president of security with the National Football League. Her last day as police chief was September 15, 2016, when she was succeeded by her deputy, Peter Newsham. Lanier was the longest serving Chief of Police in the history of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.
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David C. Hilmers
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- astronautengineerphysicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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David Carl Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut who flew four Space Shuttle missions. He was born in Clinton, Iowa, but considers DeWitt, Iowa, to be his hometown. He has two grown sons. His recreational interests include playing the piano, gardening, electronics, spending time with his family, and all types of sports. His parents are deceased. With five academic degrees, he is the second most formally educated U.S. astronaut, behind Story Musgrave with six.
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Michael D. Lumpkin
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Arts in national security affairs
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Michael D. Lumpkin is a former American Naval Officer and businessman who served as the Special Envoy and Coordinator of the Global Engagement Center at the U.S. Department of State from January 2016 to January 2017. From 2013 until 2016, he was the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. During that time, he also served as the acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the third-highest civilian job at the United States Department of Defense.
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Stan Arthur
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in Aviation engineering
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Admiral Stanley Roger Arthur is a retired admiral of the United States Navy who served as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1992 to 1995.
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Kent Rominger
- Occupations
- military officerastronaut
- Biography
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Kent Vernon "Rommel" Rominger is an American former astronaut, former NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office at Johnson Space Center, and a captain in the United States Navy. Rominger holds the Space Shuttle Orbiter flight time record with 1610 hours. He joined ATK Launch Systems Group in 2006 as Vice President of Advanced Programs.
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Annette E. Brown
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Annette Elise Brown is a retired rear admiral of the United States Navy.
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Kenneth Minihan
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Kenneth A. Minihan is a former United States Air Force lieutenant general who served as the director of the National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency, retiring on May 1, 1999.
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Earl E. Stone
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Earl Everett Stone was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He is most noted for being the first director of the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency.
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Robert C. Springer
- Occupations
- military officerastronaut
- Biography
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Robert Clyde "Bob" Springer is a retired American astronaut and test pilot who flew as a mission specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1989 and 1990. A decorated aviator in the United States Marine Corps, Springer also flew more than 500 combat sorties during the Vietnam War. He has logged over 237 hours in space and 4,500 hours flying time, including 3,500 hours in jet aircraft.
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Bryan D. O'Connor
- Occupations
- astronautaircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Bryan Daniel O'Connor is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Jan E. Tighe
- Biography
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Jan Elizabeth Tighe is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and 66th Director of Naval Intelligence from July 15, 2016 to July 2018. Prior to that, Tighe served as the Commander of the Tenth Fleet and Fleet Cyber Command. She became an independent director of Goldman Sachs in December 2018.
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Daniel W. Bursch
- Occupations
- astronautaircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Daniel Wheeler Bursch is a former NASA astronaut, and Captain of the United States Navy. He had four spaceflights, the first three of which were Space Shuttle missions lasting 10 to 11 days each. His fourth and final spaceflight was a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station as a crew member of Expedition 4, which lasted from December 2001 to June 2002. This 196-day mission set a new record for the longest duration spaceflight for an American astronaut, a record simultaneously set with his crew mate Carl Walz. Their record has since been broken, and as of 2016 it is held by Scott Kelly, who flew a 340-day mission during Expeditions 43, 44 and 45.
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Joseph R. Donovan Jr
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Joseph R. Donovan Jr. is a former American diplomat who previously served as United States Ambassador to Indonesia. Joseph R. Donovan Jr. graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He earned a master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School.
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John A. Gordon
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- In 1970 graduated with Master of Science in physics
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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John Alexander Gordon was an American air force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He also served as the President's Homeland Security advisor from 2003 to 2004.
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Jagath Jayasuriya
- Biography
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General Jagath Jayasuriya, VSV, USP is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army general; he was the Chief of Defence Staff, the head of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces as a Full General from 1 August 2013 to 15 June 2015 and Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, the head of the army as a Lieutenant General from 15 July 2009 to 31 July 2013. During the closing stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, he served as the Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni with overall command of SLA offensives in the Wanni region during the 2008 - 2009 period. He was also the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Suriname from June 2014 to August 2017.
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Stephen Frick
- Occupations
- astronautnaval officertest pilotaerospace engineer
- Biography
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Stephen Nathaniel Frick is an American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Frick graduated from Pine-Richland High School in 1982, earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1986, was commissioned as a United States Navy officer, and trained as an F/A-18 fighter pilot. Stationed aboard the carrier USS Saratoga, he flew combat missions during the Gulf War and then earned a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994.
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Willis Winter Bradley
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- politician
- Biography
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Willis Winter Bradley Jr. was a Naval officer, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, Naval Governor of Guam, and a U.S. Representative from California.
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Arthur K. Cebrowski
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Arthur Karl Cebrowski (August 13, 1942 – November 12, 2005) was a United States Navy admiral. He also who served from October 2001 to January 2005 as Director of the Office of Force Transformation in the U.S. Department of Defense. In this position, he was responsible for serving as an advocate, focal point, and catalyst for the transformation of the United States military.
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James J. Malloy
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in systems technology
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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James Joseph Malloy is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy, who last served as Deputy Commander, United States Central Command from September 21, 2020, to July 2022.
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Keith Davids
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in manpower systems analysis
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Keith Bently Davids is an American United States Navy special warfare officer with the rank of rear admiral. He has served as the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command since August 19, 2022. He was the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command South, United States Southern Command from 2020 to 2022. Previously, he served as director of the White House Military Office during the Presidency of Donald Trump. Earlier in his career, he was commanding officer of the Naval Special Warfare Center and SEAL Team One.
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Robert F. Dees
- Enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School
- Graduated with Master of Science in operations research
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Robert Frank Dees is a retired major general in the United States Army. A specialist on national security issues, he was the chairman of the Ben Carson campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
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Lillian E. Fishburne
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lillian Elaine Fishburne was the first African-American female to hold the rank of Rear Admiral (RDML) in the United States Navy. She was appointed to the rank of Rear Admiral (Lower Half) by President of the United States Bill Clinton and was officially promoted on February 1, 1998. Fishburne retired from the Navy in February 2001.
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James G. Roche
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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James Gerard Roche is an American politician. He served as the 20th Secretary of the Air Force, serving from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2005. Prior to serving as secretary, Roche served in the United States Navy for 23 years, and as an executive with Northrop Grumman.
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Brent W. Jett
- Occupations
- astronautaerospace engineeraircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Brent Ward Jett Jr., (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace and aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut.
