serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date allegiance awards placeofburial_label battles rank image article_title name
1974 - 2010 united states navy deputy africa command director , strategy , plans and policy special to assistant to the commander , u.s. central command cruiser destroyer the group 1 ronald reagan strike group deputy chief of staff commander for operations , plans , policy and training director for for operations , joint task force - 519 for the commander military , u.s. pacific fleet operations , u.s. washington dc 28 march 2011 united states of america defense -rrb- meritorious service medal -lrb- 3 -rrb- superior service medal legion of merit -lrb- 3 place of burial battle of mogadishu vice admiral vadm robert t moeller.jpg robert t. moeller
 robert t. moeller
robert t. moeller

robert t. moeller , was a united states navy vice admiral who last served in active duty as the first deputy to the commander for military operations , u.s. africa command until his departure in april 2010 .
usafricom was formally stood up in october 2007 , as a subunified command initially of eucom , under the command of general william e. ward , who was first commander of africom .
vice adm. moeller , a new jersey native and son of a world war ii navy veteran , graduated from the university of notre dame in 1974 receiving his commission from the notre dame nrotc program .
trained as a surface warfare officer , vice adm. moeller has served in a variety of sea and shore assignments , including joint duty .
at sea , his assignments included uss albany -lrb- cg 10 -rrb- , flagship for commander , 2nd and 6th fleets , where he served as talos fire control officer and boilers officer ; uss julius a. furer -lrb- ffg 6 -rrb- ; combat systems and material officer on the staff of commander , destroyer squadron 36 ; as precommissioning engineer officer ; , flagship for commander , 6th fleet , as both executive officer and later commanding officer ; and as commanding officer .
his co tour in belknap included initial partnership for peace operations , north atlantic treaty organization operation provide promise and operation deny flight , and the first navy visits to odessa , ukraine and novorossiysk , russia .
during his command of port royal , the ship received her third and fourth consecutive battle e awards , and installed and employed linebacker , the navy 's first tbmd capability .
ashore , admiral moeller served in the office of the chief of naval operations -lrb- opnav -rrb- in the systems analysis division -lrb- op 96 -rrb- as surface asw and iuss analyst ; the program resource appraisal division -lrb- op 91 -rrb- as net assessment analyst ; secnav office of program appraisal -lrb- opa -rrb- as surface warfare and c4i analyst ; osd 's office of director operational test and evaluation -lrb- dot&e -rrb- as maritime warfare analyst ; and commanding officer , surface warfare officers school .
in 1989 , vice adm. moeller was selected as the navy federal executive fellow at the brookings institution .
he has earned a master 's degree in national security studies from the edmund a. walsh school of foreign service , georgetown university .
vice adm. moeller served as deputy chief of staff for operations , plans , policy and training -lrb- n3n5n7 -rrb- and as director for operations -lrb- j3 -rrb- , joint task force -lrb- jtf -rrb- - 519 for the commander , u.s. pacific fleet from may 2001 through august 2003 and as commander , cruiser destroyer group 1/commander , `` ronald reagan '' strike group from august 2003 through august 2004 .
vice adm. moeller served as the director , strategy , plans and policy -lrb- j5 -rrb- and as special assistant to the commander , u.s. central command from august 2004 through august 2007 .
vice adm. moeller 's awards include the defense superior service medal , the legion of merit with two gold stars , the defense meritorious service medal , the meritorious service medal with two gold stars , and the navy and marine corps commendation medal with a gold star .
vice adm. moeller died on 28 march 2011 from lou gehrig 's disease and will be buried at arlington national cemetery .
defense superior service medal legion of merit with two gold stars defense meritorious service medal meritorious service medal with two gold stars navy and marine corps commendation medal with a gold star
