Admiral Dennis C. Blair Commander in Chief United States Pacific Command

Admiral Dennis Cutler Blair assumed duties as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, on February 20, 1999. He is the nineteenth officer to hold the position. As the senior U.S. military commander in the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas, he leads the largest of the unified commands and directs Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force operations across more than 100 million square miles. He is responsible to the President and the Secretary of Defense through the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and is the U.S. military representative for collective defense arrangements in the Pacific.

Admiral Blair served on guided missile destroyers in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. He commanded USS Cochrane (DDG 21), forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, from 1984 to 1986 and commanded the Kitty Hawk Battle Group from 1993 to 1995.

Ashore, Admiral Blair commanded Naval Station Pearl Harbor from 1989 to 1990. He served as Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support from 1995 to 1996. He has also served on the staffs of the National Security Council, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and several major Navy staffs.

His personal decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with three gold stars, and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal.

Admiral Blair is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He also served as a White House Fellow and as a Chief of Naval Operations Fellow in the Strategic Studies Group.

Admiral Blair is married and has a son and daughter.

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