Robert D. Reilly Jr.
| Robert D. Reilly Jr. | |
|---|---|
 RADM Robert D. Reilly Jr., USN (Retired) | |
| Born | Winnetka, Illinois |
| Allegiance |
 United States |
| Service/branch |
 United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1975–2010 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held |
Halyburton (FFG-40) Destroyer Squadron Fifty Cruiser Destroyer Group Two Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG-10) Military Sealift Command |
Rear Admiral Robert D. Reilly Jr. was a United States Navy Surface Warfare Flag Officer who retired from active duty in January 2010 after 34-plus years of military service.[1] His last assignment was as the 24th commander of the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC).[1]
Biography
Reilly, a native of Winnetka, Illinois, and a graduate of New Trier High School's West Campus, comes from a family with more than a century of service in the U.S. Military. Commissioned in 1975 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, he first served aboard the Forrest Sherman-class destroyer Edson (DD-946) as Electronic Material Officer, Combat Information Center Officer and Damage Control Assistant.[1]
His other shipboard tours included commissioning the Spruance-class destroyer Fletcher (DD-992) as its first Operations Officer; Engineering Officer aboard the Belknap-class cruiser Sterett (CG-31); Executive Officer of the Spruance class destroyer John Young (DD-973); and as Commanding Officer of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Halyburton (FFG-40).[1]
Reilly's additional operational tours at sea included duties as Flag Secretary, Cruiser Destroyer Group One, where he participated in the western Pacific and Southwest Asia deployments of New Jersey (BB-62), Missouri (BB-63), and Midway (CV-41) Battleship and Carrier Battle Groups; and command of Destroyer Squadron Fifty (COMDESRON 50), homeported in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He also commanded Cruiser Destroyer Group Two and the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG-10).[1]
Ashore, Reilly served as Operations Readiness Assessment Officer, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet staff in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Surface Warfare and Weapons Procurement Analyst, Program Resource Appraisal Division (N81), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; Surface Warfare Junior Officer Assignment Branch Head (PERS 412), Bureau of Naval Personnel; Joint Operations Division Pacific Command Division Chief, Joint Staff (J3); Director, Environmental Readiness, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO N45); and as Deputy Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Information Technology (CNO N098) and Department of the Navy Deputy Chief Information Officer (Navy).[1]
Reilly assumed command of the Military Sealift Command in March 2006.[1] During his tenure MSC returned nearly $1 billion to the Navy’s budget through improved business practices; won awards for contracting excellence, competitive procurement, small business, safety and environmental responsibility; improved energy efficiencies; placed additional helicopter detachments aboard U.S. navy fleet logistics ships, saving $700 million in cost avoidance over 20 years; deployed the U.S. Navy's two Hospital Ships USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy on five humanitarian and civic assistance missions treating more than 370,000 patients in 25 countries; evacuated 6,700 U.S. citizens from Beirut to safety in 2006; and delivered 20,000,000 square feet (1,900,000 m2) of combat equipment and supplies and 8 billion US gallons (30,000,000 m3) of fuel to U.S. and coalition forces ashore in Iraq and Afghanistan with a 98 percent on-time delivery record.
Reilly earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Washington, and a Master's in Public Administration (National Resources) from the George Washington University. He is also a 1993 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.[1]
References
External links
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