 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
About CDI > Staff > RADM (Ret.) Eugene J. Carroll, Jr, USN
STAFF
|
|
RADM Eugene J. Carroll, Jr. was commissioned as an Ensign in April 1945. His early service as a Naval Aviator included ten months flying AD Skyraiders from aircraft carriers in the Pacific during UN operations in Korea. Following a series of assignments in the Atlantic Fleet, he commanded two light jet attack squadrons of A-4 Skyhawk aircraft. Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1965, he served a total of six years with units engaged in the Vietnam campaign. His assignments there included command of the amphibious assault ship, USS OGDEN (LPD-5) and the aircraft carrier, USS MIDWAY (CVA-41).
Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1972, he served as Commander of Task Force 60, the carrier striking force of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Admiral Carroll served on General Alexander Haig's staff in Europe from 1977 to 1979. He was the first naval officer to serve as Director of U.S. military operations for all U.S. forces in Europe and in the Middle East. His last assignment on active duty was in the Pentagon as Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations. In this capacity he was engaged in U.S. naval planning for conventional and nuclear war. Rear Admiral Carroll holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in International Relations from George Washington University. He graduated from both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army War Colleges. He now serves as Vice President Emeritus of the non-governmental, nonprofit, nonpartisan Center for Defense Information in Washington, D.C. He actively conducts research and analysis concerning major defense issues and writes and speaks on the need for rational military programs which will meet the long-term national security interests of the United States.
E-mail: ecarroll@cdi.org
|
