REAR ADMIRAL ARTHUR J. JOHNSON Commander, Naval Safety Center


Rear Admiral Johnson was one of just 22 African-Amer- ican midshipmen to graduate from Annapolis’ 936-member Class of 1979, where he earned a degree in International Security Affairs. He went on to earn his aviator wings of gold in February 1981. During his 31-year career, he has excelled at many diverse challenges, ranging from Third Fleet’s “Shiphan- dler of the Year” in 1990 to commanding at all levels of aviation command, including a multinational task force supporting operation Iraqi Freedom and operation Enduring Freedom. This consummate warrior-statesman earned advanced degrees from the John F Kennedy School of Government and the National War College and has served extensively throughout the Pacific and Indian Ocean arenas. Since Au- gust 2007, RADM Johnson has served as the Department of the Navy’s principal safety policy advisor. Under his direction and guidance, the Navy has set new standards of excellence in risk reduction and mishap prevention, to include achieving the safest year in Naval Aviation history in 2010.


REAR ADMIRAL MICHELLE


HOWARD Chief of Staff, J-5, Joint Staff


On Sep. 29, 2010, the United States


Senate confirmed Rear Admiral Howard’s promotion to rear admiral upper half. She graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982 and from the Army’s Command and General Staff College in 1998 with a Master of Military Arts and Sciences degree. A Surface Warfare officer, her initial tours were aboard USS Hunley and then USS Lexington, where she received the Secretary of the Navy/Navy League Captain Winifred Collins award, given to one woman officer a year for outstand- ing leadership. During operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, she served as chief engineer aboard USS Mount Hood. In 1999, she took command of USS Rushmore, becoming the first African American woman to command a ship in the U.S. Navy. RADM Howard com- manded Amphibious Squadron 7, con- ducting operations that included tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia. She com- manded Expeditionary Strike Group Two from April 2009 to July 2010, during which she commanded Task Force 151, the Navy’s multinational counter-piracy effort, and Task Force 51, Expeditionary Forces. While under Sixth Fleet, she was the maritime task force commander for BALTOPS. Additionally, RADM Howard served as the senior military assistant to the secretary of the Navy from January 2007 to January 2009.


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REAR ADMIRAL (SELECT) WILLIE METTS Director of Intelligence, U. S. Cyber Command


Rear Admiral (Select) Metts is one of only 1,070 Informa-


tion Warfare officers in the Navy and the highest-ranking African American in the field. He was appointed director of Intelligence of the newly established United States Cyber Command in August 2010, after selection for promotion to rear admiral in April. He graduated from Savannah State University in 1985, receiving a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering technology. Following commissioning, he performed sea duty, completing three deployments during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Later, he transferred to the Naval Postgraduate School in 1991, earning a master’s degree in Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence. He was selected as a naval cryptologist in 1993. Four years on, he was appointed head of the Naval Security Group department at the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Guam, and fleeted up to executive officer. In 1999, he was assigned to the staff of commander, Car- rier Group 2, as a cryptologic resource coordinator. He earned a second master’s degree in National Security Studies and Strategic Planning in 2002, and went on to serve as deputy director, Collections and Information Acquisitions Division, U. S. Pacific Com- mand in Hawaii, before completing the Harvard University Senior Executive Fellows Program in 2004.


VICE ADMIRAL ADAM M. ROBINSON, JR., M.D. Medical Corps, Surgeon General, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery


Vice Admiral Robinson entered the naval service in 1977 and he holds a medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, through the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Following his intern- ship at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, his first assignment as a general medical officer was in Puerto Rico, after which he reported to the National Naval Medical Center in 1978


to complete a residency in general surgery. His subsequent assignments include: staff surgeon, U.S. Naval Hospital, Japan, and ship’s surgeon, USS Midway. After complet- ing a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery (1984-85), he was appointed head of the Colon and Rectal Surgery Division at the National Naval Medical Center. VADM Rob- inson holds fellowships in the American College of Surgeons and American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He is a member of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons and the National Business School Scholastic Society, Beta Gamma Sigma.


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