REAR ADMIRAL VINCENT L. GRIFFITH Supply Corps, United States Navy
Commander, Defense Supply Center Richmond
Rear Admiral
Vincent Griffith graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Ad- ministration from Berry College in 1981, and was commissioned through Officer
Candidate School in 1982 as Ensign in the Navy Supply Corps. His sea assign- ments include USS Saratoga as a stock control, financial/budget officer and as an automated data processing officer. Aboard USS Stonewall Jackson and USS John C. Stennis, he served as supply officer. Ashore, his tours include the Naval Supply Center, Defense Logistics Agency, Naval Inventory Control Point, and Naval Air Forces. Rear Admiral Griffith’s most recent assignment was as a force supply officer at Naval Air Forces. He earned an M.B.A. at George Washington University, and completed Emory University’s Goizueta Graduate School of Managements Advanced Ex- ecutive Business Program and the Navy Corporate Business Course at University of Virginia, Darden School of Business.
REAR ADMIRAL BRUCE ESTES GROOMS Vice Director, Joint Staff
Rear Admi-
ral Bruce Estes Grooms gradu- ated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering. Fol- lowing comple-
tion of nuclear power training, he served in every capacity aboard a variety of submarines. He also earned a Master’s degree in National Security and Strate- gic Studies from the Naval War College and he attended Stanford University as National Security Affairs Fellow. Rear Admiral Grooms’ command tours include Commanding Officer of the USS Asheville. He subsequently served as
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Commander, Submarine Squadron 6 and later as Commander, Submarine Group 2. Ashore he served as a company officer and later as the Commandant of Midship- men at the U.S. Naval Academy.
VICE ADMIRAL CECIL D. HANEY Deputy Commander of the United States Strategic Command
Vice Admiral
Cecil D. Haney has been tapped for promotion and reassignment as the 60th Com- mander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. If confirmed by the Senate, he would be the second African American in Navy history to reach four star rank. A 1978 Ocean Engineering graduate of the Naval Academy, he completed operational assignments in various divisions before gaining surface warfare qualifications while he was serving as a radiological controls officer. He headed a submarine squadron based out of Pearl Harbor and then commanded the Submarine Squadron One from June 2002 to July 2004, and Submarine Group Two from October 2006 to March 2008. His shore duty tours include serving as administra- tive assistant for enlisted affairs at naval reactors, and as Congressional Appro- priations Liaison Officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); Deputy Chief of Staff of Plans, Policies and Requirements, U.S. Pacific Fleet and director, Submarine Warfare Division and director, Naval Warfare Integration Group. In November 2010, he took up his current post as Deputy Commander of the United States Strategic Command. Haney earned two Master’s degrees in Engineering Acoustics and System Technology from the Naval Post Gradu- ate School, as well as a Master’s degree in National Security Strategy from the National Defense University.
REAR ADMIRAL SINCLAIR M. HARRIS Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 5
Commander, Task Forces 51/59
Rear Admiral Sinclair M. Harris is a 1981 graduate of James Madison Uni- versity where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. His earliest assign-
ments include tours at sea. He command- ed the USS Comstock during the war in Afghanistan and Amphibious Squadron 4/Iwo Jima Strike Group during 2005 disaster relief operations. Ashore, Harris’ assign- ments include tours at the Insti- tute for National Strategic Studies in the National Defense University, the Navy Staff in the Assessment Division, and Joint Chiefs of Staff (J-5) Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate. Rear Admiral Harris earned a Master of Science degree in Operations Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1989 and is a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va. He also earned a Master of Arts degree in Defense and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras, India’s Defense Services Staff College in Tam- ilnadu, India.
REAR ADMIRAL NORMAN R. HAYES Director of the Intelligence
Headquarters, United States European Command (J-2)
Rear Admiral Norman R. Hayes was commissioned in 1982 as a naval intelligence officer and went on to serve as fleet ocean surveillance and information facility watch officer. Over
the period 1989-1991, he was a member of staff with the Naval Intelligence based in the Pentagon. He returned to sea with Carrier Group 1 as the Assistant Intel- ligence Officer in 1991, and his follow on tour was as a junior intelligence officer and intelligence community placement officer. After receiving a Master’s degree at the Command and Staff College, he was appointed Chief of the Analysis Division, Special Operations Command. In his current position as the Director of Intelligence Headquarters, United States European Command, he is responsible for all intelligence systems, plans, poli- cies and intelligence activities of U.S. Forces in Europe. Rear Admiral Hayes has served as a Commander of the Center
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