Leon A. Edney

Admiral Leon A. Edney (1988)

Leon Albert "Bud" Edney (* 1. March 1935 in Dedham , Massachusetts ) is a retired admiral of the US Navy , among others 1988-1990 Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy ( Vice Chief of Naval Operations ) , and most recently in 1990 until 1992 was both Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in the Atlantic (SACLANT) and Supreme Commander of the US Atlantic Command USLANTCOM ( US Atlantic Command ) .

Life

Military training and the Vietnam War

Edney completed an officer training in the US Navy after school and found numerous uses in naval units after graduation. After training as an aviator, he became a pilot in the U-Boot-Jagdstaffel 27 in 1958 and then in the U-Boot-Jagdstaffel 24. He completed a postgraduate degree at Harvard University and was then from 1963 to 1965 special assistant to the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff for research and development. From 1965 he took part in the Vietnam War as corvette captain and pilot of the 164 attack squadron and was awarded the Legion of Merit for the first time and the Distinguished Flying Cross four times for his military achievements there . Upon his return, he became a planning officer for the Western Hemisphere in the Politico-Military Planning Department in the Office of the Chief of Naval Staff in 1970 and shortly thereafter in 1970 as White House Fellow special assistant to Secretary of Transportation John Volpe . In 1971, he first deputy commander ( Executive Officer ) and after 1972 Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the attack squadron 27th

1974 Edney commander of on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger stationed Attack Squadron Two ( Carrier Air Wing Two ) and in 1976 commander of the convoy ship USS Ponchatoula . After a subsequent employment as chief of staff of the aircraft carrier attack group Elf CSG-11 (Carrier Strike Group 11) he was in January 1980 commander of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation .

Promotion to admiral

In June 1981, his promotion to carried Rear Admiral and appointed commander of the midshipmen ( midshipmen ) at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis . Then Edney was in March 1984 Commander of Carrier Strike Group One CSG-1 (Carrier Strike Group 1) . Subsequently, he served first as assistants Ender Deputy Chief of Naval Staff for air warfare and then as director of naval aviation planning and requirements in the Navy Staff Division before he Director of the Office of Program Evaluation in the Marine Minister ( US Secretary of the Navy ) was. In 1987 he was first head of the naval personnel department and then deputy chief of the naval staff for manpower, personnel and training.

In August 1988, he was appointed as successor to Admiral Huntington Hardisty Vice Chief of Staff of the Navy ( Vice Chief of Naval Operations ) , and remained in that post until May 1990, after Admiral Jerome L. Johnson became his successor. Last sparked Edney on May 18, 1990 Admiral Frank B. Kelso II. Ally as Supreme Commander (Supreme Allied Commander) of NATO in Atlantic (SACLANT) and in personal union also as commander in chief of the US Atlantic Command USLANTCOM ( US Atlantic Command ) . He held this post until his retirement from active military service on July 13, 1992 and was then replaced by Admiral Paul David Miller . For his services he was honored with the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and the Navy Distinguished Service Medal as well as Gold Stars instead of two other Legion of Merit.

Awards

• Defense Distinguished Service Medal
•   Navy Distinguished Service Medal
•   Legion of Merit (3 ×)
•   Distinguished Flying Cross (4 ×)

Web links

• Entry in the Hall of Valor
• Duty Assignment Chronology