Edmund Giambastiani

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Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr.
May 4, 1948 -
Admiral Giambastiani, USN
Place of birth	Canastota, New York
Allegiance	USN
Years of service	1970 -
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Vice Chairman of the JCS
Awards	Defense Distinguished Service Medal (2) Navy Distinguished Service Medal (5) Legion of Merit (4)

Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr. (born May 4, 1948 in Canastota, New York) is an Admiral in the United States Navy. He is the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As vice chairman he ranks as America's second highest ranking military officer.

A native of Canastota, New York, Admiral Giambastiani graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with leadership distinction in 1970. Admiral Giambastiani's assignments have included several in which he was responsible for development of new technologies and experimental processes, as well as four previous tours in command. He commanded NR-1, the Navy's only nuclear powered deep diving ocean engineering and research submarine. He also led Submarine Development Squadron Twelve, an attack submarine squadron that serves as the Navy's Warfare Center of Excellence for submarine doctrine and tactics. Established in 1949, Submarine Development Squadron Twelve is the oldest experimental unit of its kind in the U.S. military. The admiral also served as the first director of strategy and concepts at the Naval Doctrine Command.

In addition, Admiral Giambastiani commanded the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687). He also served as the commander of Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force, commander of NATO’s Submarines Allied Command Atlantic and commander Anti-Submarine and Reconnaissance Forces Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia.

Admiral Giambastiani's other shore and staff assignments include duties as an enlisted program manager on the staff of the Navy Recruiting Command Headquarters, Washington, DC, in the early days of the all-volunteer force; special assistant to the deputy director for intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency; and, a one-year fellowship with the Chief of Naval Operations' Strategic Studies Group. As a flag officer, he served as the deputy chief of staff for resources, warfare requirements and assessments for the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet; director of the Submarine Warfare Division on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations; deputy chief of naval operations for resources, requirements, and assessments (OPNAV N8); and as the senior military assistant to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.

Admiral Giambastiani served as NATO's first Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) and the Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command from October 2, 2002 to August 1, 2005.^[1]

On August 12, 2005, Admiral Giambastiani was sworn in as the seventh Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and becoming the third naval officer to hold that position.

Afghanistan need more help from the international community he told on March 30, 2007. The NATO has trouble finding 20 helicopters to replace the U.S. bridging force in that country. The dollars and the euros actually spent there are much less than the promises. Another area needs assistance with is police forces.^[2]

His interests include amateur radio, for which he holds the call sign N4OC.

[edit] Military decorations

His decorations include the Joint Chiefs of Staff Insignia, the Submarine Warfare Insignia and the Deep Submergence Insignia along with numerous personal and unit decorations, medals and ribbons including:

Defense Distinguished Service Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster (2 awards)
Navy Distinguished Service Medal with 4 gold award stars (5 awards)
Legion of Merit with 3 gold award stars (4 awards)
Meritorious Service Medal (5 awards)
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2 awards)
Navy Unit Commendation with 4 bronze stars (5 awards)
Meritorious Unit Commendation with 4 bronze stars (5 awards)
Navy Efficiency Ribbon with Wreathed "E" Device (8 awards)
Navy Expeditionary Medal with bronze star (2 awards)
National Defense Service Medal with 2 bronze stars (3 awards)
Vietnam Service Medal with bronze campaign star (2 awards)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with 3 bronze stars (4 awards)
Navy Recruiting Service Ribbon
Navy Expert Rifle Medal
Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon
Canada's Meritorious Service Cross (M.S.C.) ^[3]

[edit] Notes

^ Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., U.S. Joint Forces Command/North Atlantic Treaty Organization. United States Joint Forces Command. Retrieved on 2004-06-18.
^ Giambastiani: More help needed in Afghanistan. ReliefWeb. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
^ Governor General of Canada, January 24, 2006

[edit] References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the United States government.'

Official JCS biography (This work is in the public domain.). Retrieved on 2005-08-15.
Governor General announces awarding of Meritorious Service Decorations. Governor General of Canada (January 24, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-30.

Preceded by Peter Pace	Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 2005 – present	Incumbent

United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pace (Chairman) • Giambastiani (Vice-Chairman) • Schoomaker (Army) • Mullen (Navy) • Conway (Marine Corps) • Moseley (Air Force)