Charles L. Munns (born June 14, 1950), retired as a
Vice Admiral
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Australia
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in the
United States Navy
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. Munns held several posts including Commander, United States Submarine Forces (
COMNAVSUBFOR) and Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic (
COMSUBLANT
The Commander, Naval Submarine Forces (a.k.a. COMNAVSUBFOR; and dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Submarine Force, Atlantic or COMSUBLANT or SUBLANT) is the Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet type commander under the United States Fleet Forces Co ...
). Munns served as commander of the U.S. submarine force from 2004–2007.
For the academic year 2023–2024 academic year, Munns serves as the Executive in Residence for the
University of South Carolina Aiken
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School of Business Administration.
Education
Munns graduated with distinction in 1973 from the
United States Naval Academy
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with a bachelor of science degree, majoring in physics.
Munns received a master's of science in Computer Science from the
University of Colorado
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in 1980. He attended
MIT
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's
Seminar XXI
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on Foreign Politics and International Relations from 1993-1994.
In May 2018, he received an honorary doctorate of public service from the
University of South Carolina
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.
In 2018, Munns was inducted into the West Des Moines Valley High School's Hall of Honor.
Military career
Munns served in the following positions:
* Division Officer, USS Seadragon (SSN-584), November 1974-May 1978
* Instructor, NROTC Unit University of Colorado, August 1978-December 1980
* Engineer, USS Ethan Allen (SSN-608), August 1981-March 1983
* Navigator, USS New York City (SSN-696), May 1983-October 1984
* Executive Officer, USS Florida (SSBN-728) (Blue), January 1985-January 1987
* Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff, CINCPACFLT, February 1987-March 1989
* Commanding Officer, USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687), April 1990-October 1992
* Commander, Submarine Development Squadron Twelve, July 1994-August 1995
* Fellow, CNO Strategic Studies Group, September 1995
* Chief of Staff, Commander Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, July 1996-May 1998
* Deputy Chief of Staff for C4I, Resources, Requirements, and Assessments (N6N8) on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, April 1998-May 2000
* Commander Submarine Group Eight; Commander Submarines, Allied Naval Forces South; Commander, Submarine Force Sixth Fleet (CTF 69); and Commander, Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Force (CTF 164), June 2000
* Director, Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI)
* Commander, United States Submarine Forces, 2004-2007
Personal
In the
2024 United States presidential election
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, Munns endorsed
Kamala Harris
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.
See also
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United States Fleet Forces Command
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Submarines in the United States Navy
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Virginia-class submarine
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List of submarine classes of the United States Navy
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References
External links
Submarine Warfare Division websiteInformation, history, and US Navy articles
Undersea Warfare is the official magazine of the US Navy undersea warfare community.
Official US Navy submarine websitesOfficial COMSUBLANT website
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1950 births
Living people
United States Navy admirals
Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Military personnel from Minneapolis
United States Naval Academy alumni
University of Colorado Boulder alumni
University of South Carolina Aiken faculty