Michael Studeman

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Michael Studeman
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Born (1966-09-10) September 10, 1966 (age 58)
Fairfax, Virginia
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branch United States Navy
Years of service1988–2023
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office
Office of Naval Intelligence
Joint Intelligence Operations Center
Hopper Information Services Center
RelationsAdm. William O. Studeman (father)

Michael William Studeman [1] (born September 10, 1966) [2] [3] is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who last served as director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office and commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence from August 1, 2022 to July 2023. [4] He most recently served as the Director of Intelligence of the United States Indo-Pacific Command from July 3, 2019 to July 2022, and previously was the Director of Intelligence of the United States Southern Command. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Born in Fairfax, Virginia, [2] Studeman graduated from Langley High School in 1984. [10] He attended the College of William & Mary, earning a B.A. degree in 1988. Studeman later completed an M.A. degree in national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in March 1998. His master's thesis was entitled Dragon in the Shadows: Calculating China's Advances in the South China Sea. Studeman also graduated from the National War College in 2016. [5] [11] [12] [13]

At the Sea, Air, and Space Conference in Washington, DC, April 5, 2023, Studeman explained how the PRC might use supposedly noncombatant vessels such as fishing trawlers to attack both military and civilian shipping and aviation in international waters. These attacks may include ramming of opponents’ vessels and using lasers to blind pilots of opponents’ civilian and military aircraft. [14]

In the September 2024 episode of the "Decoding Geopolitics" podcast, Studeman argued there was a 60% chance of war with China. [15]

Family

He is the son of Navy admiral William O. Studeman and Gloria Diane (Jeans) Studeman. His father served as Director of the National Security Agency from 1988 to 1992 and the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from 1992 to 1995. [16] On December 28, 1991, Michael Studeman married Brenda Lynne Draper in Middlesex County, Virginia. [17]

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  2. 1 2 "Birth Records, 1912-2015". No. 57608. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Health. 1966.
  3. ↑ Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty. Bureau of Naval Personnel. October 1, 1990. p. 233. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ Bluestein, Phillip (August 1, 2022). "Rear Adm. Mike Studeman Assumes Command of ONI and Directorship of NMIO". DVIDS. Washington, D.C.: Office of Naval Intelligence - Photography Unit. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Rear Admiral Michael Studeman". www.navy.mil. August 7, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Director for Intelligence, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (J2)". www.pacom.mil.
  7. ↑ Beijing, Didi Tang (August 14, 2023). "US admiral Michael Studeman makes unannounced visit to Taiwan" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Michael Studeman | NMAW". www.nmaw.org.
  9. ↑ "US Navy admiral visits Taiwan as Trump admin solidifies ties before exit". cnn. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020.
  10. ↑ Shire. Vol. 19. McLean, Virginia: Langley High School. 1984. p. 125.
  11. ↑ Studeman, Michael William (March 1996). "Thesis" (PDF). Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Graduation Exercises" (PDF). Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School. March 26, 1998. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  13. ↑ "CAPT Michael W. Studeman, Class of 2016". National War College Alumni Association. June 1, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Chinas Second Battlefield".
  15. ↑ Chinese Military Build-up is Fastest in History.
  16. ↑ "NOMINATION OF VICE ADMIRAL WILLIAM O. STUDEMAN TO BE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE" (PDF). U.S. Government Publishing Office. March 10, 1991. p. 5.
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Military offices
Preceded by Director of Intelligence of the United States Southern Command
2017–2019		Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of Intelligence of the United States Indo-Pacific Command
2019–2022		Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office and Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence
2022–2023		Succeeded by


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