Harry D. Train II explained

Harry D. Train II
Birth Date:5 November 1927
Birth Place:Washington, D.C.[1]
Allegiance:United States
Branch:United States Navy
Serviceyears:1949–1982
Rank:Admiral
Commands:Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
United States Atlantic Command
United States Atlantic Fleet
United States Sixth Fleet
Carrier Strike Group 6
Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 8

Battles:World War II
Korean War
Awards:Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Navy Distinguished Service Medal (4)
Legion of Merit (4)
Relations:Rear Admiral Harold C. Train (father)
Rear Admiral Elizabeth L. Train (daughter)

Harry Depue Train II (born November 5, 1927) is a retired United States Navy admiral and a Senior Fellow at the Joint Advanced Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia.[2]

Naval career

Train was admitted to the United States Naval Academy in 1945 and graduated in 1949.

Train's operational commands included the attack submarine ; the guided missile destroyer ; Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 8; the John F. Kennedy Battle Group; and from August 1976 to September 1978, the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.

His principal staff duties included Director of the Joint Staff, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. He served as an aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas H. Moorer.

From 1978 to 1982, Train served as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic as Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Command and Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet. He retired from the Navy in 1982.

Personal life and post-military service

The son of Rear Admiral Harold Cecil Train (1887–1968) and May Philipps Train (1889–1980),[3] [4] he graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in 1945 and the United States Naval Academy in 1949.

Train and his wife, Catharine, have four daughters, including Rear Admiral Elizabeth L. Train.[5]

In 1956, he joined the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

After retiring from full-time military service, Train composed his memoirs, Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Harry D. Train II, U.S. Navy, which he published through the Naval Institute Press in 1997. Train also worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the nation's largest employee owned research and engineering company. He retired from SAIC as its Manager, Hampton Roads Operations, in September 2006.

Train served as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century.[6] He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Old Dominion University Research Foundation, and was the long-time president of the Future of Hampton Roads, a group of civic leaders who work toward regional solutions in Hampton Roads, Virginia.[7]

Awards and decorations

BadgeSurface Warfare Officer Pin
1st RowDefense Distinguished Service Medal
2nd RowNavy Distinguished Service Medal with three gold starsLegion of Merit with three gold starsMeritorious Service Medal
3rd rowJoint Services Commendation Medal with oak leaf clusterNavy and Marine Corps Commendation MedalChina Service Medal
4th rowAmerican Campaign MedalWorld War II Victory MedalNavy Occupation Service Medal
5th RowNational Defense Service Medal with service starKorean Service Medal with two battle starsOrder of Naval Merit (Brazil), Grand Cross
6th rowOrder of the Republic (Tunisia), CommanderRepublic of Korea Presidential Unit CitationUnited Nations Korea Medal
Badge (not shown)Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Supplement to Who's who in America. 1987. Marquis Who's Who . 9780837971001.
  2. http://researchfoundation.odu.edu/board.htm Old Dominion University Research Foundation
  3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/27/AR2006102701568_2.html Obituary of Cecil Train Wilson
  4. Web site: USNA Cemetery Documentation Project . 2009-10-31 . 2010-06-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100602043142/http://www.usna.edu/cemetery/PDF%20Files/Section%205/0955-%20Train,%20H.%20C.pdf . dead .
  5. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=519 U.S. Navy Biographies
  6. Web site: Statement of the Hon. James R. Schlesinger and Admiral Harry D. Train (USN, Ret.) for the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century, U.S. Senate website . 2009-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100112163758/http://hsgac.senate.gov/032901_jrs-htd.pdf . 2010-01-12 . dead .
  7. http://www.fhrinc.org Future of Hampton Roads website