2 Quotes & Sayings By James G Stavridis
The Admiral James G. Stavridis is the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), NATO's supreme commander. He was born in Dallas, Texas, United States, on May 5, 1953. He graduated from the U.S
Naval Academy in 1976 and was assigned to the USS Midway aircraft carrier as a Line Officer aboard the aircraft carrier from 1976–1978. From 1978–1981 he was a surface ship weapons officer aboard a cruiser and also performed an exchange program at the British Royal Navy Training Establishment in Britannia Royal Naval College Bermuda from 1980–1981. In 1981 he became a naval aviator and from 1981–1983 he was a pilot in the F-14 Tomcat with VF-101 Tomcat squadron deployed on board the USS Independence aircraft carrier for two years.
In 1983 he became a Weapons Officer in the F-4 Phantom II with VF-102 Phantom squadron deployed on board USS Coral Sea aircraft carrier for one year and in 1986 he became a naval aviator and served in F-14 Tomcat VF-103 squadron deployed on board USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier for one year followed by two years in F/A-18 Hornet VFA-87 squadron with the deployment on board the USS America aircraft carrier from 1988–1990. In 1991 he became a naval avrior and served in F/A-18 Hornet VFA-37 squadron deployed on board USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier for two years followed by one year in F/A-18 Hornet Tactical Fighter Squadron 27 (VAQT-27) deployed on board of USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier from 1992–1993 and finally one year in F/A-18 Hornet VFA-34 squadron with the deployment on board of USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier from 1994–1995. From 1996 until 1997 he was an instructor at both Fleet Replacement Squadron (VS) 71 and Fleet Replacement Squadron (VS) 71 which were both NAS Pensacola, Florida, Squadron that trains new pilots for operational squadrons.
In 1997 he became a Naval Aviator again and served as Executive Officer of NAS Pensacola Fleet Readiness Squadron (VS) 41 which is responsible for fleet introduction training of new pilots for operational squadrons while simultaneously serving as Chief of Staff of VS 41 and chief of staff of Training Command (TRAINCOM) 2 at NAS Pensacola which is responsible for training commands throughout the US Navy including fleet replacement squadrons such as VS 41 on Fleet Read