Lee F . Gunn Lee F . Gunn ( born in California ) is a retired Vice Admiral and former Naval Inspector General of the United States Navy . Education and Family . Gunn earned a Bachelor ’ s degree in Experimental and Physiological Psychology from the University of California , Los Angeles and a Master of Science degree in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey , California . Naval career . Commissioned into the United States Navy from the Naval Reserve Officer Training Program at the University of California , Los Angeles , Gunn served as a junior officer in the cruiser - destroyer force and rose to command the anti - submarine warfare tactical , test , and evaluation destroyer squadron . He later commanded Amphibious Group Three ( PHIBGRU THREE ) , consisting of nineteen ships , twelve other , separate commands , and 16 , 000 sailors and marines . As commander of this force , he also served as the Commander , Combined Naval Forces , and Deputy Task Force Commander of Operation United Shield , the final withdrawal of United Nations peacekeeping forces from Somalia in February and March 1995 . Admiral Gunn served in eight assignments in the areas of manpower , personnel and training . During his last manpower assignment as Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel , and Commander , Navy Personnel Command , he played a key role in redesigning the Navy ’ s manpower and personnel establishment and he orchestrated the transfer of the Navy ’ s Personnel Command from Arlington , Virginia to Millington , Tennessee . Appointed Naval Inspector General in July 1997 , Vice Admiral Gunn instituted the Navy ’ s Operational Cost Management training and evaluation program , and reconfigured Navy ’ s major command management inspection process to teach and evaluate cost management . He retired from active service in August 2000 . Post - Naval Career . Immediately after retirement , the Chief of Naval Operations appointed Gunn to lead an executive review of naval training , a nine - month review conducted by a senior team of experts . Gunn has also served as served as board member of the American Small Business Coalition from 2004 to 2008 . President of the American Security Project , a bi - partisan national security think tank in Washington , DC ; Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey , CA ; an advisor to the Global Perspectives Initiative at the University of Central Florida : and a member and Executive Board member of the Surface Navy Association , the professional association of more than 7 , 000 surface warriors and supporters in the United States Navy . He served as President of the Surface Navy Association from 2001 - 2006 . CNA ' s Institute for Public Research ( IPR ) at CNA in Alexandria , Virginia . IPR meets the research and analysis needs of those who address domestic policy issues in the areas of air traffic management , education , health research and policy , organizational learning and effectiveness , safety and security , and other domestic issues . Decorations and Awards . Gunn ' s awards and decorations include : References . " This article includes public domain text produced by the United States Navy . "