Samuel J. Locklear

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Samuel J. Locklear III

Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III (born October 28, 1954 ) of the United States Navy was commander of the United States Pacific Command until May 2015 . He was previously the commander of the United States Naval Forces Europe and also the NATO commander of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples .

Life

He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1977, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Analysis. After his assignment as ensign , he served aboard the USS William V. Pratt as a main propulsion assistant and missile fire control officer . He was then selected for training and service in the Navy nuclear propulsion program and served as the Electrical Principal Assistant on the USS Carl Vinson . He graduated with Top Gun from the Surface Warfare School Division Head and served as Operations Officer and Engineering Officer on USS Callaghan , and as Executive Officer on USS Truxtun . He then commanded the USS Leftwich . In October 2002 he took command of the Cruiser-Destroyer Group 5 and Nimitz Strike Group, and in 2003 he volunteered to directly support Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom .

In March 2011 he became the commandant of the US Navy forces enforcing the Libyan no-fly zone . Civil war broke out there in February 2011 .

Locklear was the commander of the United States Pacific Command from March 9, 2012 to May 27, 2015 .

In March 2013, North Korea announced the decade-long ceasefire. Locklear said at a hearing in the US Senate that the dictator of North Korea Kim Jong Un had used the year 2012 to join forces.

Locklear sees global warming as the greatest security threat .

After China brought an oil rig near the Paracel Islands in May 2014 , which is also claimed by Vietnam, Locklear warned of a military confrontation.

Awards

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

Individual evidence

  1. United States Navy Chief of Naval Operations. Leadership Biographies ( en ) pacom.mil. June 7, 2013. Archived from the original on November 25, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pacom.mil
  2. Spiegel.de April 9, 2013: US admiral warns of direct threat from North Korea
  3. spiegel.de: War threats from Pyongyang: North Korea provokes America's hawks
  4. Chief of US Pacific forces calls climate biggest worry , March 2013
  5. AP: US COMMANDER WARNS ABOUT CHINA-VIETNAM STANDOFF , May 2014

Web links

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