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RADM PAUL G. GAFFNEY, II 



UNITED STATES NAVY 



COMMANDER, NAVAL METEOROLOGY 

 AND OCEANOGRAPHY COMMAND 



Rear Admiral Gafihey assumed command of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography 

 Command on August IS, 1994. Be was most recently the Conimanding Officer of the 

 Naval Research Laboratory In Washington, DC, with mi^or offices in Mississippi, Florida 

 and California from 1991 to 1994. During the period 1989-91, he was the Assistant Chief 

 of Naval Research in the Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA. Previously, he was the 

 Director of the Oceanography Resources Division in the Office of the Chief of Hav«I 

 Operations from 1986-89. 



A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he was selected for immediate graduate 

 education and attended the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, as a 

 student and research associate during 1968-69. He received a master's degree in Ocean 

 Engineering. He served from 1969-71 as Operations ORicer on board USS WHIPPOORWILL 

 (MSC 207), a minesweeper homeported in Sasebo, Japan. 



In 1971, he commenced a series of oceanography assignments, beginning with duty as 

 the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam Staff Oceanographer and Advisor, Vietnamese 

 Navy Combat Hydrographic Survey Team. In 1972, he was assigned as the Oceanographic 

 Services Officer at the U.S. Fleet Weather Central in Rota, Spain. He returned to 

 Washington to serve as the Executive Assistant and Aide to the Oceanographer of the Navy 

 from 1975-78. 



After a year as a student and Advanced Research Fellow at the Naval War College, 

 Newport, RI, from which he graduated with highest distinction, he assumed command of 

 Oceanographic Unit FOUR embarked in USNS CHAUrVENET (T-AGS 29) permanently 

 deployed conducting hydrographic surveys of the Makassar Strait in the Republic of 

 Indonesia, 1979-80. 



Next was an assignment as the Director (acting) of Arctic and Earth Sciences Research 

 in the Office of Naval Research in 1980, after which he was selected to be the Military 

 Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) from 1981- 

 83. He then reported to Jacksonville, FL, as Executive Officer, then Commanding Officer, 

 of the Naval Oceanography Command Facility and Staff Oceanographer to Commander, 

 Sea-based ASW Wings Atiantlc. While in Jaclsonville, he completed a master's degree In 

 Business Administration from Jaclcsonville University. 



Rear Admiral Gaffney's career has been recognized by the following awards: Defense 

 Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (3 awards). Bronze Star with "V", Meritorious 

 Service Medal and the J. William Mlddendorf Prise for Strategic Research at the Naval War 

 College in 1979. He is a member of the Explorer's Club and Sigma Xi. 



He Is married to the fomter Linda L. Myers of Ruidoso, NM. The Gaffneys have one 

 daughter. Crista, a student at the University of South Carolina. 



