Michael edward mullen

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Mullen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968, and his first assignment was as an antisubmarine officer on the destroyer USS Collett, which patrolled the western Pacific during the Vietnam War. Upon his promotion to lieutenant in 1973, Mullen took command of his first ship, the gasoline tanker USS Noxubee, an assignment that concluded with that ship’s decommissioning in 1975. He held a number of posts over the next decade, and he attended Naval Postgraduate School, earning a master’s degree in operations research in 1985. Later that year Mullen took command of the guided-missile destroyer USS Goldsborough. In 1989 he was assigned to the secretary of defense’s office, and he continued his education, graduating from Harvard University’s advanced management program in 1991. Now a captain, Mullen was given command of the guided-missile cruiser USS Yorktown in 1992.

Mullen’s next shore assignment took him to the Bureau of Na

Michael G. Mullen

Michael Glenn Mullen (* 4. Oktober1946 in Los Angeles) ist ein Admiral a. D. der US Navy. Von Oktober 2007 bis September 2011 war er Vorsitzender der Joint Chiefs of Staff und damit der ranghöchste Soldat der US-Streitkräfte. Davor diente er als 28. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).

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Mullen schloss die United States Naval Academy 1968 ab. Erste Einsätze auf See absolvierte er auf den Zerstörern Collett und Blandy, später dann auf den beiden Belknap-Kreuzern Fox und Sterett.

Mullen kommandierte in seiner Laufbahn drei Schiffe: die Noxubee, Goldsborough und die Yorktown. Später hatte er den Befehl über die Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two und die Kampfgruppe um den Träger George Washington. Sein letztes Kommando auf See war über die 2. Flotte im Atlantik. Vom August 2003 bis zum August 2004 diente Mullen als Vice Chief of Naval Operations unter Admiral Vernon E. Clark. Zudem hatte er vom 8. Oktober 2004 bis zum 23. Mai 2005 das Kommando über die US Naval Forces Europe i

Michael Glenn Mullen

Admiral, U.S. Navy

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Michael Glenn Mullen was born on 4 October 1946 in Hollywood, CA, the son of a Hollywood press agent and his wife, who worked as an assistant to Jimmy Durante. He attended St. Charles Borromeo Church (North Hollywood) grade school, and graduated from Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks) in 1964. Mullen then attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, graduating in the lower third of his class in 1968.

As a junior officer, he served in various leadership positions aboard USS Collett (DD-730), USS Blandy (DD-943), USS Fox (CG-33) and USS Sterrett (CG-31). He has commanded three ships: the gasoline tanker USS Noxubee (AOG-56), the guided missile destroyer USS Goldsborough (DDG-20), and the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48); and has also commanded Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two and the George Washington Battle Group. Mullen's last command at sea was as Commander, U.S. Second Fleet/Commander, NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic (COMSTRIKFLTLANT).

In 1985, Mullen graduated from

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