Peter Gumataotao

Peter A. Gumataotao is a rear admiral (upper half) in the United States Navy. He is currently deputy chief of staff, Strategic Plans and Policy, Supreme Allied Command Transformation, Norfolk.

A native of Guam, Rear Admiral Peter Gumataotao joined the Navy in 1976 and attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island. He is a 1981 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and earned his Master of Arts in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College in 1994.

A surface warfare officer, Gumataotao has deployed extensively to the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and the Persian Gulf.  His sea assignments include: USS Bagley (FF 1069), USS Worden (CG 18), USS Reuben James (FFG 57) and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 31. His previous command-at-sea tours include: USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), USS Decatur (DDG 73), and commander, DESRON-31.

Ashore, Gumataotao served as assistant surface operations officer and surface systems analysis officer for Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet; a fellow for the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group at the Center for Naval Analysis in Washington, D.C.; a congressional liaison for Surface Programs at the Navy Office of Legislative Affairs; current operations officer for Commander, Pacific Fleet; chief of division for Current Operations for the Pacific Command Headquarters; and chief of staff for Naval Surface Forces.

His flag assignments were commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea for U.S. Pacific Fleet; U.S. Naval Regional commander for Naval Installations Command; commander, Task Force 78 for U.S. 7th Fleet; Naval component commander of United Nations Command; deputy naval component commander for Combined Forces Command, Korea; commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 (Nimitz Strike Group); assistant deputy chief of Naval Operation for Operations, Plans and Strategy (N3/N5B) and commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic.

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http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=524