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Adm. John C. Harvey, Jr., U.S. Navy |
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Born and raised in Baltimore, Md., Admiral Harvey was commissioned from the U.
S. Naval Academy in 1973 and immediately commenced training in the Navy's
Nuclear Propulsion program. Admiral Harvey has served at sea in USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Bainbridge (CGN 25), USS McInerney (FFG 8), as reactor officer in USS Nimitz (CVN 68), and as executive officer in USS Long Beach (CGN 9). He commanded USS David R. Ray (DD 971), USS Cape St. George (CG 71) and Cruiser-Destroyer Group Eight/Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group. Harvey has deployed to the North and South Atlantic; the Mediterranean, Baltic and Red Seas; the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and the Persian Gulf. Ashore, he served three tours at the Bureau of Naval Personnel in a variety of billets including surface nuclear officer detailer, CGN/CVN placement officer, surface nuclear program manager in N13, legislative adviser to Chief of Naval Personnel (CNP), executive assistant to CNP and as director, Total Force Programming and Manpower Management Division (OPNAV N12). He has also served as the senior military assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), and on the Navy staff as deputy for Warfare Integration (OPNAV N7F). Most recently, he served as the 54th CNP/OPNAV N1 and as the director, Navy Staff (OPNAV). Admiral Harvey assumed command of U.S. Fleet Forces Command in July 2009. Admiral Harvey's education includes Phillips Exeter Academy, 1969; U.S. Naval Academy, bachelor's degree in Political Science, 1973; Harvard University/John F. Kennedy School of Government, master's degree in Public Administration, 1988. | |