page_title: Terry Kraft
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Terry Kraft / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2007) – Local San Diego news media interview the Commanding Officer of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Capt. Terry B. Kraft, on the morning of the ship's scheduled departure on a surge deployment. USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and attached ships of the Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) surge deployed to the 7th Fleet Area of Operations from Naval Station North Island on Jan. 27. Surge deployments are part of the Navy’s Fleet Response Plan (FRP), which ensures ships are able to respond to real-world situations by maintaining high states of readiness during their surge windows. The Reagan CSG is comprised of, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, Commander Carrier Strike Group 7 (CCG 7), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59), and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 11, Detachment 15.
context_page_description: Terry B. Kraft was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, formerly commanding the U.S. Naval Forces Japan. He is a Naval Flight Officer whose previous commands include Electronic Attack Squadron 131, USS Shreveport, and USS Ronald Reagan.
context_section_description: Kraft's sea duty tours include the following:
  Attack Squadron (VA) 55 embarked in USS Coral Sea (CV-43),
  VA-115 embarked in USS Midway (CV-41), and
  VA-95 embarked in USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72).
  He also served as executive officer on USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). During those tours, he participated in Operations El Dorado Canyon, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF).
  Kraft commanded Electronic Attack Squadron 131, Amphibious Transport Dock USS Shreveport (LPD-12), the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), and the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG-12). He participated in both OIF and OEF during all four tours. He assumed command of Navy Warfare Development Command in October 2011.
  Shore tours for Kraft have included duty in VA-128, Air Command and Staff College, Current Operations Directorate (J31), U.S. Pacific Command, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts. After flag selection, he reported to the Pentagon, Chief of Naval Operations staff, first in N88 as head of Maritime Aviation, Unmanned Aerial Systems and Aviation Training Plans and Programs, then in N2/N6 as director, ISR Capabilities.
  As of 2011, Kraft has over 3700 hours and 1000 carrier arrested landings in the A-6E, EA-6B and F/A-18F aircraft.
caption: Kraft, Commanding Officer of USS Ronald Reagan, interviewed in January 2007.
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