Joseph Aucoin

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Joseph P. Aucoin (2013)

Joseph P. Aucoin (born April 25, 1957 ) is an American Vice Admiral in the United States Navy and was in command of the Seventh Fleet until his replacement on August 23, 2017, which resulted in four accidents with multiple fatalities .

Military career

Aucoin attended North Carolina State University . He took part in the local reserve officer training program in 1980 and was accepted for pilot training in the US Navy after graduating from university in 1981.

He served as a flight instructor on board the aircraft carriers USS America and USS Nimitz and was ultimately responsible for the operations of Carrier Air Wing 8 as operations officer on the USS Theodore Roosevelt . Aucoin completed 4,700 flight hours as a pilot and more than 1,300 landings on aircraft carriers.

He served as the commanding officer on the carriers USS John F. Kennedy , USS Theodore Roosevelt , USS Kitty Hawk, and USS John C. Stennis .

Aucoin took on a staff role as Deputy Head of Warfare Systems (OPNAV N9) in May 2013 before being appointed Commander of the Seventh Fleet in Yokosuka in September 2015 .

After four accidents involving ships under his command, in particular the collisions of the destroyers USS Fitzgerald in June 2017 and USS John S. McCain in August 2017 with civilian vessels due to multiple casualties, Aucoin's detachment was announced on August 23. He is succeeded as Commander of the Seventh Fleet by Rear Admiral Phil Sawyer .

Awards

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

Web links

Commons : Joseph P. Aucoin  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8X-FRDM Details on Joseph P Aucoin, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009
  2. ↑ a b "US Navy to remove commander of 7th Fleet amid latest accidents" - CBS, August 22, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c d Peter Martinez: "Commander, US 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin" ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. c7f.navy.mil Internet presence of the Seventh Fleet @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.c7f.navy.mil
  4. ↑ Eric Schmitt and Richard C. Paddock, "Commander of Naval Fleet Relieved of Duty After Collisions," New York Times, August 23, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Aucoin, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aucoin, Joseph P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Vice Admiral in the United States Navy
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1957