Bernard L. Austin
Bernard Lige Austin (born December 15, 1902 in Wagener , South Carolina , † September 21, 1979 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American Vice Admiral in the US Navy , who was president of the Naval War College between 1960 and 1964 .
Life
Training and employment as a naval officer
Austin joined the US Navy after school and graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis , which he graduated in 1924. He then took a short time using the Office of the naval artillery Ministry ( United States Department of the Navy ) , where he met with the factory for naval cannons, the Navy Testing Institute in Dahlgren and Marineschießpilverfabrik in Indian Head focused. In August 1924 he was transferred to the battleship USS New York and then from July to December 1926 to the naval torpedo base in Newport before he received submarine training on the USS Chewink at the submarine base in New London . He then became an officer on the submarine R-10 in Pearl Harbor in July 1927 and then from June 1929 to May 1931 on the submarine R-6 .
Austin was then from May 1931 to May 1934 instructor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Physics at the US Naval Academy and from May 1934 to June 1937 commander of the submarine R-11 and then for six months until December 1937 administrative officer of the USS Potomac . In December 1937 he moved to the Department of the Navy as a public relations officer and remained there until August 1940 as a naval observer who was seconded to the embassy in the United Kingdom .
World War II and post-war period
He then acted from February to December 1942 as commander of USS Woolsey and then as first in command of the newly built destroyer USS Foote , before he became commander of Destroyer Division 46 in May 1943. He then became commodore of Destroyer Wing 14 in December 1943 and at the same time commander of the destroyer division. On February 15, 1944 he was appointed Vice-Chief of Staff for Operations and Training in the staff of the destroyer command of the US Pacific Fleet , but already took over the function of Vice-Chief of the Staff for Administration at the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet and on June 9, 1944 of the Pacific.
On October 25, 1945, Austin was transferred to the office of the Chief of Naval Operations and in December 1945 took office as Navy Secretary on the State War and Navy Coordination Committee. After training at the US Army War College , he became assistant to the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for military-political affairs in June 1947 and was thereupon from October 1949 to October 1950 for special training in Great Britain.
In January 1950 he was appointed commander of Servicegeschwader 1 and then in July 1950 he was seconded to the West Pacific to coordinate the development of Servicegeschwader 3. In May 1951 he was first Vice-Director of the Department of International Affairs in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and was then director of this department from February 1952 to March 1954. He then became commander of Cruiser Division 2 and was transferred to the staff of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) in April 1955 .
On March 15, 1956 Austin was director of the United Staff Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and after three years there on May 5, 1958 Commander of the Second Fleet with additional functions as Commander of the Strike Fleet in the Atlantic. He then became Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Planning and Policy in the Department of Navy in February 1959. On July 19, 1958, his wife was the godmother of the submarine USS Barbel .
Most recently he was in June 1960 as the successor to Stuart H. Ingersoll President of the Naval War College in Newport. He remained in this post until his retirement on July 31, 1964, when he was replaced by Charles L. Melson .
Austin has received several awards for his military services and received, among other things, the Navy Cross with Gold Cross (instead of another Navy Cross), the Navy Distinguished Service Medal , the Legion of Merit , the Bronze Star with Combat V and the ribbon to the Presidential Unit Citation .
publication
- Naval Strategy. A Lecture devilvered at Naval War College, January 18, 1962 , in: Naval War College Review , January / February 1962, pp. 22–42
- Military Considerations in National Strategy. An Address delivered during the Fifteenth Annual Global Strategy Discussions on June 11, 1963 , in: Naval War College Review , December 1963, pp. 1-13
Web links
- Biography in the Naval War College Review , January / February 1962, pp. 43 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Austin, Bernard L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Austin, Bernard Lige (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American military, Vice Admiral in the United States Navy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wagener , South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 1979 |
| Place of death | Bethesda , Maryland |