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J. Paul Reason -- USNA 1965:
Following graduation, Reason served in a destroyer escort, then received training in nuclear propulsion engineering. Most of his subsequent sea-going assignments were in nuclear-powered surface ships: cruisers Truxtun and Mississippi, and the carrier Enterprise. In 1976, he became Presidential Aide to President Jimmy Carter, then tours executive officer on board destroyer Coontz and commanding officer of the nuclear powered destroyer Bainbridge. After several group commands, Reason, appointed to vice admiral, assumed command of Naval Surface Force, US Atlantic Fleet; then with a fourth star became Commander in Chief, US Atlantic Fleet in December 1998. |