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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 ...
Stanley Roger Arthur (born September 27, 1935) is a retired
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 ...
of the
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who served as the
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from 1992 to 1995.


Military career

Arthur was born in
Jackson, Ohio Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio, United States about southeast of Chillicothe. Its population was 6,252 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Jackson, Ohio micropolitan area, which consists of ...
, and was commissioned in
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through the
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Program in June 1957. Following completion of flight training, he was designated as a
Naval Aviator Naval aviation / Aeronaval is the application of military air power by navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases. It often involves '' navalised aircraft'', specifically designed for naval use. Seaborne aviation encompas ...
in 1958. Arthur flew more than 500 combat missions in the
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during the
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
, receiving 11 separate awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross and over 50 separate awards of the
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, making him one of the most highly decorated combat aviators of that conflict. During the 1970s and 1980s, he also held command of a carrier-based attack squadron, a carrier air wing, an aircraft carrier, a carrier battle group ( Carrier Group 7), and was Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics) (OP-O4). In December 1990, then-Vice Admiral Arthur took command of the
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, headquartered in Japan. At the time, the Seventh Fleet staff also had oversight of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) in Bahrain and was forward deployed in the
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. Thus, Vice Admiral Arthur oversaw the buildup for the
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, which broke out on 17 January 1991. He directed the operations of more than 96,000 Navy and
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personnel and 130 United States Navy and allied ships. This represented the largest United States naval armada amassed since World War II. He continued directing United States Naval Forces Central Command until 24 April 1991, when he turned over command of NAVCENT to Rear Admiral Ray Taylor. Arthur then returned to Fleet Activities Yokosuka to take up Seventh Fleet duties once more. He continued to command Seventh Fleet until July 1992. Arthur assumed duties as the
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on 6 July 1992. He retired from active military service on 1 June 1995. In that job as the Navy's number two officer, he was also the Navy's "Gray Eagle," the senior-most
naval aviator Naval aviation / Aeronaval is the application of military air power by navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases. It often involves '' navalised aircraft'', specifically designed for naval use. Seaborne aviation encompas ...
on active duty, immediately after the 1991 Tailhook Incident. Arthur was nominated by President
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to head U.S. military forces in the Pacific as the prospective Commander of
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, but the nomination was withdrawn after Senator
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(R-Minnesota), questioned Arthur's handling of sexual harassment allegations brought by one of the Senator's constituents, a female navy student helicopter pilot, Ensign Rebecca Hansen, who was attrited from flight training for substandard flight performance. Rather than let the Pacific Fleet job go unfilled during what might have been protracted congressional hearings, Arthur elected to retire from the Navy on February 1, 1995, as a four-star admiral. Critics charged that the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Mike Boorda, a non-aviator, had professionally sacrificed Arthur to improve the navy's image on sexual harassment following the Tailhook Incident. The volume of complaints prompted Boorda to issue an unusual public defense of Arthur and his decision not to fight for the nomination:


After military

Arthur joined
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in 1996 and was appointed President, Missiles and Fire Control â€“
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, in July 1999.


Education

Arthur is a graduate of
Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public university, public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the second-oldest List of colleges and universities in Ohio, university in Ohi ...
in Oxford, Ohio. He later earned a second bachelor's degree in
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from the
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and received his master's degree in administration from
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.


Awards and decorations

In 1996 Arthur received the Admiral Arleigh A. Burke Leadership Award from the Navy League. He was inducted into the
Naval Aviation Hall of Honor The United States Naval Aviation Hall of Honor, located at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida, recognizes individuals "who by their actions or achievements made outstanding contributions to Naval Aviation." Since its incepti ...
in 2008. He also received the Gray Eagle Award. The Admiral Stan Arthur Award For Logistics Excellence is presented annually in his honor, and recognizes military and civilian logisticians who epitomize excellence in logistics planning and execution.Admiral Stanley R. Arthur Award
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