Edward Cashman (admiral)

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Edward Cashman
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Born1965 (age 59–60)
Years of service1988–2020
Rank Rear Admiral
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Edward Brian Cashman [1] (born 1965) [2] is a retired American naval officer who served as Commander, Standing NATO Maritime Group ONE in 2019. [3]

He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He was commissioned through Navy Officer Candidate School in 1988 and holds a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. [4]

In April 2017 he was the prison camp commander for Guantanamo Bay Navy Base, appointed by President Trump. [5] He took command of NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) ONE on January 14, 2019, [6] and then Royal Norwegian Navy Commodore Yngve Skoglund took over his command of the NATO group on December 9, 2019. [7]

References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from Rear Admiral Edward Cashman. United States government.

  1. ↑ "Establishment of Naval Strategy Subspecialty 230X". US Navy. January 15, 2015. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty. Bureau of Naval Personnel. October 1, 1990. p. 155. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Commander SNMG1". NATO. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rear Admiral Edward Cashman". US Navy. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ "New Boss for New Captives? Admiral takes charge of Trump's Guantánamo prison". Miami Herald . Archived from the original on 2017-04-08.
  6. ↑ "US and Denmark Take Command of Two NATO Naval Groups". defense-aerospace.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Change of Command for Standing NATO Maritime Group One". mc.nato.int. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
Military offices
Preceded by Commander, Standing NATO Maritime Group 1
January 2019 – December 2019		Succeeded by


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