Thomas B. Fargo

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Admiral Thomas B. Fargo

Thomas Boulton Fargo (born June 13, 1948 in San Diego , California ) is a former admiral in the US Navy , who was last commander of the US armed forces in the Pacific region USPACOM ( US Pacific Command ) from 2002 to 2005 .

Life

Military training and uses as an officer and staff officer

Between 1987 and 1989 he was in command of the nuclear submarine USS Salt Lake City

Fargo was the son of naval officer Thomas A. Boulton and his wife Helen. After his father in 1957 died in a plane crash, his mother married in 1960 Captain William B. Fargo, the for his service as an officer on the battleship USS Washington (BB-56) during the Second World War with the Legion of Merit Award . After attending high school in Coronado and Sasebo , Japan , he began his officer training at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1966 , which he graduated as a lieutenant at sea in June 1970 . In the following years he found uses as an officer and staff officer in various naval units and was among other deputy commander ( Executive Officer ) of the Permit-class submarine belonging submarine USS Plunger and officer in the Marine Personnel Office ( Bureau of Naval Personnel ) .

Fargo of 14 May 1987 to 13 July 1989 the commander of the USS Salt Lake City , one of Los Angeles-class submarine belonging nuclear submarine , commander of Submarine Group 7 (Submarine Group 7) and officer on the staff the commander ends of the US Atlantic fleet USLANTFLT ( US Atlantic fleet ) . Furthermore, between 1992 and 1993 he was commander of Task Force 74 , commander of Task Force 157 operating in the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf and an officer in the office of the Chief of Staff of the Navy ( Chief of Naval Operations ) .

Promotion to admiral

Admiral Thomas B. Fargo giving a commemorative address on the occasion of the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (September 11, 2002)

After his promotion to Flotilla Admiral in 1994, Fargo became Head of Operations (J-3) of the US Atlantic Command and as such was instrumental in Operation Uphold Democracy , a US-led multinational operation in Haiti from September 19, 1994 to March 31, 1995 on the return and maintenance of power of the President of Haiti , Jean-Bertrand Aristide . After the Valuation Department N-81 Head (Director, Assessment Division) was in the office of the Chief of Staff of the Navy, he was in July 1996, commander of the US Fifth Fleet ( US Fifth Fleet ) and served as such until July 1998 in personal union at the same time Commander of the naval units of the US Armed Forces Central Command ( US Central Command ) , before becoming Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Planning, Policy and Operations N-3 / N-5 between July 1998 and October 1999 Plans, Policy and Operations) .

On October 8, 1999, Fargo replaced Admiral Archie Clemins as Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet CINCPACFLT ( US Pacific Fleet ) and held this post until May 4, 2002, when Admiral Walter F. Doran succeeded him. During this time he was promoted to Admiral on December 1, 1999 . On May 2, 2002 he took over from Admiral Dennis C. Blair as Commander of the US Forces in the Pacific USPACOM ( US Pacific Command ) with headquarters at Camp HM Smith on Oahu . In this role, he was the chief US military commander in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and led the largest of the combined commands from the US Army , US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Air Force . During this function he informed the US Congress of his early retirement plans, whereupon a general of the US Air Force was nominated to succeed him. However, this led to a veto in the US Senate , as it was common for an admiral to lead US Pacific Command and no general from another branch of the armed forces held this office. For this reason, the proposed general of the US Air Force was not confirmed by the Senate, whereupon US President George W. Bush initially extended Admiral Fargo's tenure for lack of a successor. After the Senate finally confirmed Admiral William J. Fallon to succeed him, Fargo finally retired on February 26, 2005.

For his many years of service, he was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal four times , the Defense Superior Service Medal and three times the Legion of Merit .

Awards

Web links

  • Entry in the Hall of Valor
  • Entry into the Miltary Hall of Honor

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ William B. Fargo in the Hall of Valor
  2. ^ USS Salt Lake City at navsource.org
personal data
SURNAME Fargo, Thomas B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fargo, Thomas Boulton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American admiral in the US Navy
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego , California