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daniel holloway

vice admiral daniel p. holloway , united states navy , retired , is vice president of customer relations , huntington ingalls shipbuilding .
he is based at hii 's washington , d.c. , office .
he retired from the navy in 2011-12 , with his final post appearing to be commander , u.s. second fleet , and director , combined joint operations from the sea center of excellence .
it was announced on february 21 , 2012 , that he would become vice-president for customer relations for huntingdon ingalls 's shipbuilding division .
holloway is a native of philadelphia , pa. , and was raised in maple shade , n.j. .
he graduated from the u.s. naval academy , annapolis , maryland , in 1978 .
at sea , he served as the damage control assistant and navigator aboard uss joseph hewes -lrb- ff-1078 -rrb- , engineer officer aboard uss thorn -lrb- dd-988 -rrb- , and commissioning engineer officer aboard uss leyte gulf -lrb- cg 55 -rrb- .
he was the executive officer aboard uss john l. hall -lrb- ffg-32 -rrb- and served as the chief staff officer to commander , destroyer squadron 24 .
he commanded uss gonzalez -lrb- ddg-66 -rrb- and destroyer squadron 18 and served as commander , carrier strike group twelve/enterprise strike group from february 2007 to august 2008 .
ashore , holloway served as the nuclear power officer recruiter at naval recruiting district , philadelphia , and as an instructor and executive assistant for the chairman , seamanship and navigation department at the u.s. naval academy 's professional development division .
he also served as the assistant commander assignment officer and the cruiser destroyer placement branch chief at the navy military personnel command , on the joint staff in the information operations directorate -lrb- j39 -rrb- , as director , surface officer distribution division -lrb- pers-41 -rrb- and as assistant commander , navy personnel command for career management -lrb- pers-4 -rrb- in millington , tenn. .
holloway earned a master 's of science degree in management information systems from george washington university and a master 's degree in national security and strategic studies from the national war college .
his final assignment was as commander , u.s. second fleet and director , combined joint operations from the sea centre of excellence .
