Edmund Giambastiani

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Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr.
Born May 4, 1948
Admiral Giambastiani, USN
Place of birth	Canastota, New York
Allegiance	United States of America of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1970 - 2007
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Vice Chairman of the JCS
Awards	Defense Distinguished Service Medal (2) Distinguished Service Medal (5) Legion of Merit (4)

Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr. (born May 4, 1948) was an Admiral in the United States Navy. He served as the seventh Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2005 until his retirement from service in 2007.

1 Military career
2 Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
3 Military decorations
4 Notes
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Military career

Giambastiani was born in Canastota, New York. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy with leadership distinction in 1970. He has been awarded numerous decorations but is most proud of his 19 unit awards and commendations because they recognize the participation and accomplishments of the entire team.^{[citation needed]}

Giambastiani's operational assignments have included several in which he was responsible for both demanding at-sea operations and the development of new technologies and experimental processes. Early sea assignments included USS Puffer and USS Francis Scott Key (BLUE). While assigned to USS Puffer, he was a 1973 winner of the Fleet Commander’s Junior Officer Submarine Shiphandling Competition. He commanded the NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft, the Navy's only nuclear powered deep diving ocean engineering and research submarine and USS Richard B. Russell, where the crew was awarded three consecutive Battle Efficiency “E”s, three Navy Unit Commendations, and two Fleet Commander Silver Anchors for excellence in enlisted retention.

Admiral Giambastiani also led Submarine Development Squadron Twelve, an operational submarine squadron that also 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. He served as the first director of strategy and concepts at the Naval Doctrine Command, as well as Commander, Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force; Commander, 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 at 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 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, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Director of Submarine Warfare for the Chief of Naval Operations; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Requirements, and Assessments; and as the Senior Military Assistant to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld. His previous assignment was as NATO’s first Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and as Commander, United States Joint Forces Command, where he led the transformation of NATO and U.S. military forces, capabilities and doctrines and the introduction of new technologies.

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]

[edit] Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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

As Vice Chairman, Admiral Giambastiani chairs the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, co-chairs the Defense Acquisition Board, and serves as a member of the National Security Council Deputies Committee, the Nuclear Weapons Council and the Missile Defense Executive Board. In addition, he works with Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England as Co-Chair of the Deputies Advisory Working Group, which oversees implementation of the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review and other high level Departmental business issues.

On May 4-6, 2007, he visited Tunisia, meeting with high-ranking military and civilian officials, including his Tunisian counterparts and Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah and Defense Minister Kamel Morjane. He went to the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial on the outskirts of Tunis to pay his respects to fallen US soldiers who had died there during the Tunisia campaign of World War II.

On June 1, 2007, Giambastiani announced his retirement from the military to spend more time with his family and pursue other ventures.^[2] He retired on 27 July 2007.^[3]

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

[edit] Military decorations

Admiral Giambastiani's medals as of July 27, 2007.

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: