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Bruce Waid Clingan (born c. 1955) is a retired
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admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in many navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force. Admiral is ranked above vice admiral and below admiral of ...
who last served as Commander of
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, United States Naval Forces Africa and
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from February 24, 2012 to July 22, 2014. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy and Commander,
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, as well as Commander, Joint Command Lisbon from August 2008 to November 2009. He retired from the Navy in the fall of 2014 after over 37 years of service.


Biography

Born in
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, he was raised in
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. He is a graduate of the
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and received a
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degree from the
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. Being a member of the
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, he was commissioned to the U.S. Navy in June 1977. Designated a naval aviator in May 1979, Clingan flew
F-14 Tomcat The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experi ...
s with Fighter Squadron 124, Fighter Squadron 114, and Fighter Squadron 211, making deployments aboard , , , and . He commanded Fighter Squadron 11, and after completing the nuclear power program, served as executive officer of . Subsequently, he commanded the 6th Fleet flagship and . Ashore, Clingan served as an F-14 flight instructor at Fighter Squadron 124, where he helped
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and Grumman Aerospace Corporation develop the F-14D Super Tomcat as a member of the Aircrew Systems Advisory Panel. Clingan's first Joint assignment was in Europe, as a member of the Operations and Readiness Branch,
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, where he helped negotiate various
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(NATO)/Spanish Coordination Agreements. After selection to flag rank, Clingan joined
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, serving as deputy director of Operations from April 2002 to May 2004 during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Clingan assumed command of Carrier Strike Group 3 / Carl Vinson Strike Group in June 2004 and served as CTF-50/152 during an extended deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005. Subsequently, he joined the staff of the chief of Naval Operations in September 2005 as deputy director, Air Warfare Division (N78B), followed by assignments as director, Air Warfare Division (N88) and director, Warfare Integration/Senior National Representative (N8F). Following his tour on chief of Naval Operations staff, he assumed command of Joint Command Lisbon; commander,
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; commander, Allied Joint Command Lisbon; commander, Striking and Support Forces NATO; deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe; deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa; and Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander, Europe. Clingan began his current (as of 2012) tour of duty in December 2009 as deputy chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy (N3/N5). He assumed his current position February 24, 2012.


Awards and decorations


References


www.navy.mil Official U.S.N. Biography of ADM Bruce W. Clingan


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Official U.S. Navy Biography about ADM Bruce W. Clingan {{DEFAULTSORT:Clingan, Bruce W. 1950s births Living people United States Navy admirals Recipients of the Meritorious Service Decoration Recipients of the Legion of Merit People from Lafayette, Indiana University of Southern California alumni United States Naval Aviators Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States) Members of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America Year of birth missing (living people)