Robert O . Wray Rear Admiral Robert O . Wray , Jr . , United States Navy , is a businessman and author currently serving as the President of INSURV , the Navy ' s Board of Inspection and Survey . Navy career . Wray graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis , Maryland in May 1979 , with a B . S . in mechanical engineering . While at the Naval Academy , he earned three varsity letters and was captain of the offshore sailing team . He was also the chairman of the Brigade Honor Committee . Upon graduation he entered the Navy ’ s nuclear power program . He attended six months of classroom training in Orlando Florida , and then six months of hands - on reactor operations in Saratoga New York . Upon successful qualification as a nuclear officer in October 1980 , he was assigned to the nuclear cruiser USS Mississippi ( CGN - 40 ) in Norfolk , Virginia . Wray served on the Mississippi for four years , leaving in the summer of 1984 . During those four years he completed several deployments to the Caribbean , North Atlantic , and Mediterranean , including duty off Lebanon during the 1983 Lebanon crisis . He then spent two years teaching and conducting reactor operations at the Navy reactor prototypes at the Naval Reactors Facility in Idaho Falls , Idaho . In late 1986 , he transitioned to the United States Navy Reserve , and moved to New England . Between 1986 and 2004 , Wray served in a number of different reserve units , serving part - time on weekends and during summer training periods . He commanded five different units and had significant reserve leadership roles in New England , San Diego , and Naples , Italy . In 2004 , Wray returned to temporary active duty to support the transition of sovereignty back to the Iraqi government . Working as a Navy Captain on an interagency team reporting to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell , Wray specialized in security for the contractors involved in the reconstruction of Iraq . He spent several months at the Pentagon working this issue , and then several more on - scene in Baghdad . There he founded and was the first chief of operations for the first - ever operations center coordinating contractor , military , non - governmental operations in reconstruction . In 2007 , Wray was promoted to Rear Admiral and in early 2008 returned to full - time Navy active duty , where he remains today . His first flag position was as Deputy Commander , Military Sealift Command , in Washington DC . Military Sealift Command ( MSC ) operates approximately 180 ships for the Navy and Department of Defense , providing combat logistics force capabilities , special missions , pre - positioning of DoD supplies worldwide , and strategic sealift . After three years at MSC , in October 2010 , Wray was promoted to Rear Admiral ( upper half ) ( O - 8 , or two - stars ) . He was assigned as Vice Commander of U . S . Naval Forces Europe and Africa , US Sixth Fleet , in Naples Italy . After only six months in this position , he was assigned as President , Navy Board of Inspection and Survey ( INSURV ) , Norfolk Virginia , in March 2011 . INSURV was established by Congress in 1882 and is tasked with inspecting the ships , submarines , and carriers of the Navy , and reporting on their readiness to the Secretary of the Navy and Congress . Civilian career . Upon transitioning from active - duty Navy in 1986 , Wray worked as a civilian nuclear engineer on Navy submarines in Portsmouth NH and Charleston SC . He then left the nuclear power industry , moved to Rhode Island , and began a varied entrepreneurial career spanning 20 years . His positions included : President of a real - estate development and construction company , CEO of a circuit - board manufacturing company , owner of a consulting firm providing services to banks , partner and general manager of a resort hotel , and owner of a diesel - engine services company . In the late 1990s , in an effort to capitalize on the growing move toward electrical deregulation , Wray developed and patented a device which improved the use of electricity for medium - sized commercial and industrial users . He and partners formed a company , Powergy , to manufacture and sell the product . As electrical deregulation subsided with little real change to the energy markets , Powergy shifted to focus on web - based energy controls through a spinoff called Energy - Online ( EOL ) . In early 2002 , Wray sold Powergy and Energy - Online , and went to work for EOL ’ s acquirer , Pace Global Energy Services . Pace was later acquired by Siemens . From Pace , Wray was mobilized to Iraq duty , first at the Pentagon , and then in Baghdad . Returning from Baghdad in November 2004 , he became the Division Manager for the 300 - person Newport division of Science Applications International Corporation ( SAIC ) . For three years he led a turnaround of that division , and expanded into new products and markets . He left SAIC when brought back onto active duty as a Navy admiral . In 2010 he received a Masters Degree in Leadership from the MacDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington . He has written a book on leadership ( Saltwater Leadership , Naval Institute Press ) and lectures on the topic before academic , commercial , and military audiences . Wray is a licensed professional engineer and he has a registered US Patent # USD391225 . < / ref > In addition to his book on leadership , he is the author of Getting the Job You Want : The Five - Finger , Five - Week Guide to the Best Job of Your Life . He is a member of the board of directors of Dynadec , LLC . Personal . Wray was born in New York in 1957 , the oldest child of an Air Force family . He spent his childhood in New York , Maryland , Alabama , Delaware , and South Carolina , graduating from Bishop England High School in Charleston in 1975 . In 1980 he married the former Tina Palso of Pasadena Maryland , an author and college professor . They settled in Barrington , Rhode Island , and raised a family of three children . Wray was active in the community , including stints at church positions , youth sports management , and local political volunteering . In 2007 they were divorced . In 2011 he married the former Maryellen Pool of Dover Delaware , who also has three children . They now maintain homes in North Potomac , Maryland , and in Norfolk , Virginia . References . " This article includes public domain text produced by the United States Navy . "