Henry L. Garrett III

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Henry L. Garrett III
Henry Lawrence Garrett III, official Navy photo, 1987 (3x4 cropped).jpg
Official portrait, 1987
68th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office
May 15, 1989 –June 26, 1992
Military service
AllegianceFlag of the United States.svg United States
BranchFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
Service years1961–1981
Unit VP-50 (1965–1967)
Conflicts
Awards Air Medal ribbon.svg Air Medal (2)

Henry Lawrence Garrett III (born June 24, 1939) [1] served as the 68th Secretary of the Navy from May 15, 1989, to June 26, 1992, in the administration of George H. W. Bush. [2] Before leading the Department of the Navy, he served as General Counsel of the Department of Defense.

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Career

Garrett at the commissioning ceremony for the USS Arleigh Burke with Arleigh Burke and wife present and Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney delivering the keynote address in July 1991. Cheney delivering speech before an AEGIS ship is commissioned.JPEG
Garrett at the commissioning ceremony for the USS Arleigh Burke with Arleigh Burke and wife present and Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney delivering the keynote address in July 1991.

Garrett served in the U.S. Navy from October 1961 to November 1981, [3] initially as a machinist's mate aboard USS Sea Poacher during the Cuban Missile Crisis, [4] before getting commissioned as a naval flight officer in 1964. He served with VP-50 in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1967 and was awarded the Air Medal two times during his military career. Garrett was the 68th United States Secretary of the Navy.

Garrett ultimately resigned due to the Tailhook scandal. [5]

Secretary Garrett has been a very active supporter of the Naval Aviation Museum and the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. He is a long time member of the Aviation Museum Board of Trustees, contributing his time, valuable resources and sage advice and counsel to the overall success of the institution.

Mr. Garrett retired as an Executive Vice President of Rolls-Royce North America supporting the sale and operation of Rolls-Royce engines in the USN and US Marine Corps, Adour and Pegasus. He was formerly a partner in the Washington law firm of Lipsen, Hamberger, and Garrett.

References

  1. ↑ Appropriations, United States Congress Senate Committee on; Defense, United States Congress Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on (10 February 1988). "Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1989: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 4781 ..." U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Sweeney, Jerry K.; Kevin B. Byrne (2006). A handbook of American military history: from the Revolutionary War to the present. University of Nebraska Press. p. 278. ISBN   978-0-8032-9337-3.
  3. ↑ "H. Lawrence Garrett, III" (PDF). epnaao.com.
  4. ↑ "Friends See Secretary as Honorable but Ill-Served". The New York Times. 27 June 1992.
  5. ↑ "Post Tailhook Punishment". Frontline, PBS . Retrieved 2007-08-13.
Government offices
Preceded by United States Under Secretary of the Navy
August 6, 1987 – May 15, 1989		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Secretary of the Navy
May 15, 1989 – June 26, 1992		Succeeded by


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