Donald L. Pilling

Admiral Donald L. Pilling

Donald Lee Pilling (born June 4, 1943 in Bayside , Queens , New York , † May 26, 2008 in Bethesda , Montgomery County , Maryland ) was an admiral in the US Navy , who last served as Vice Chief of Staff between 1997 and 2000 ( Vice Chief of Naval Operations ) was.

Life

Military training and uses as an officer

Frigate Captain Pilling was in command of the guided missile destroyer USS Dahlgren between September 1983 and September 1985

After finishing school, Pilling began officer training at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis , which he completed in 1965 as a sea ​​lieutenant . He was one of the first students of the local Trident Scholars program and received a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Cambridge in 1970 with a dissertation entitled The Algebra of Operators for Regular Events . As a naval officer he found uses on destroyers and between 1973 and 1977 was a consultant for the analysis of the resources of all US and foreign tactical aircraft and missile programs in the Department of Defense and subsequently commander of Destroyer Squadron 26 .

After Pilling 1980-1983 consultant for the evaluation of international environmental trends and their benefits for future naval forces in the personal staff of the Chief of Naval Staff ( Chief of Naval Operations ) , Admiral Thomas B. Hayward or after 30 June 1982 by his successor, Admiral James D. Watkins , he served as frigate captain from September 13, 1983 to September 7, 1985 as the commandant of the guided missile destroyer USS Dahlgren . Then he was briefly commander of cruiser group 12 (Cruiser Group 12) . In 1985 he became a Fellow of the Brookings Institution , where he attended a degree in Defense and National Security Affairs until 1986. He was then from 1986 to 1988 in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations advisor for the development of the five-year defense plan of the Navy and then from 1989 to July 1992 a member of the staff of the National Security Council ( NSC ) .

Promotion to admiral

After Pilling was commander of the aircraft carrier battleship group (Carrier Battle Group) from July 1992 to 1993, with the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga as its flagship , he served as the head of the program unit at the Chief of Naval Operations between 1993 and 1995 . Then he released in April 1995, Vice Admiral Joseph Prueher as commander of the US Sixth Fleet ( US Sixth Fleet ) , and held that post until his replacement by Vice-Admiral Charles S. Abbot in July 1996. He was also at this time in personal union also commander of the Naval Striking and Support Forces of NATO in Southern Europe stationed in Naples STRIKFORNATO (Naval Striking and Support Forces Southern Europe) . Upon completion of this post he was Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments from July 1996 to November 1997 .

Last sparked Admiral Pilling in October 1997 Admiral Harold W. Gehman, Jr. as Vice-Chief of Staff of the Navy ( Vice Chief of Naval Operations ) and held this post until October 2000, after Admiral William J. Fallon began his successor. In October 2000, he retired from active military service after 35 years of service. For his services he has been awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal twice , the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and five times the Legion of Merit .

In 2002 he joined the Logistics Management Institute (LMI), which advises government institutions on logistics and other areas of public management. Pilling, who was married to Barbara Orbon Pilling, died of leukemia on May 26, 2008 and was subsequently buried in the cemetery of the US Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis.

Awards

• Defense Distinguished Service Medal (2 ×)
•   Navy Distinguished Service Medal
•   Legion of Merit (5 ×)

Web links

• Entry in the Hall of Valor

• Donald L. Pilling in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ USS Dahlgren at navsource.org