Edmund P. Giambastiani

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Adm. E. Giambastiani
Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, 2005
Giambastiani with Lieutenant General Roland Kather , German Armed Forces , and Brigadier General Albert Bryant, Jr. , US Army, 2007.

Edmund P. Giambastiani junior (born May 4, 1948 in Canastota , New York ) is a former admiral in the US Navy . He served from August 12, 2005 to July 27, 2007 as the seventh vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , making him the highest-ranking soldier in the US armed forces after General Peter Pace , chairman .

Military career

In 1970 Edmund Giambastiani graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis .

He was used in many roles, including many in which he was responsible for the development of new technologies and experimental processes and four times as a commander. He commanded the only nuclear-powered deep-sea research submarine ( NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft ) and the Submarine Development Squadron Twelve , a submarine attack squadron that functions as a warfare center for submarine training and -Tactic serves. This squadron was established in 1949, making it the oldest experimental unit of its kind within the US armed forces. Giambastiani was also the first director of strategy and design within the Naval Doctrine Command .

Giambastiani was deployed as commander on board the attack submarine USS Richard B. Russell and also as commander of the submarine forces of the US Atlantic fleet , commander of the allied NATO submarine command and as commander of the Atlantic anti-submarine Boat and reconnaissance forces in Norfolk, Virginia.

Giambastiani was u. a. Special Assistant to the Deputy Director of Intelligence, CIA and Member of the Strategic Studies Commission to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). As a flag officer , he served as assistant chief of staff for resources, warfare requirements and assessment for the commander of the US Pacific Fleet ; as director of the Underwater Warfare Division on the staff of the CNO; as Deputy CNO for Resources, Requirements and Assessment, and from 2001 to August 2002 for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as Senior Military Assistant . Before he was appointed to the United General Staff, he was Commander of the US Joint Forces Command from October 2, 2002 to August 1, 2005 and thus also NATO's first Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) from October 2, 2002 to June 19, 2005 , responsible for transformation . On August 12, 2005, Giambastiani was then sworn in as the seventh vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , making him the third naval officer to take this position.

On June 8, 2007, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates nominated General James E. Cartwright as the new vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . Since Admiral Michael G. Mullen was nominated as the new chairman at the same time, Giambastiani went into retirement on July 27, 2007, because the two highest positions in the US armed forces should not be occupied by officers of the same branch .

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of the Military Awards:

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  1. ↑ 'Admiral G' Urges Force to Embrace Change, Stay True to Fundamentals (DefenseLink.mil, July 27, 2007; English)

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predecessor Office successor
--- Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
2002-2005 		Lance L. Smith
personal data
SURNAME Giambastiani, Edmund P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giambastiani, Edmund P. junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American admiral, seventh vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Canastota , New York