USN RADM Arthur K Cebrowski Flight Suit Carrier Group 6 USS America CV-66. USN’RADM Arthur K. Cebrowski was a naval aviator and commanded Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) and Carrier Air Wing 8. He had combat experience in Vietnam and during Desert Storm. His joint assignments included service as the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computers (J-6), Joint Staff. In October 1993, after several weeks supporting United Nations peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia, orders came on four hours’ notice for Carrier Group Six, under Rear Admiral (lower half) Arthur Cebrowski, to move quickly. The group was to transit the Suez Canal and relieve USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on Groundhog Station, 90 miles north of the equator in the Indian Ocean, supporting UNOSOM II in Somalia. The flagship USS America (CV-66) transited the Suez Canal on 29 October 1993. She was followed, on 1 November, by members of her battle group, USS Simpson (FFG-56) and the replenished oiler USS Savannah (AOR-4). The transit took America over 2,500 miles in a week. The turnover from Abraham Lincoln permitted the west-coast carrier to return to Alameda, California, thereby ending a scheduled six-month deployment on time. Upon arrival, Rear Adm. Cebrowski, as carrier group commander, took command of Naval Battle Force Somalia (CTF 156). The I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF)-led “Unified Task Force” had turned over control a few months before to UNOSOM II. There were Marine forces from I MEF (referred to as MARFOR Somalia) and Army forces from the 10th Mountain Division as well as Air Force and Navy; and personnel and units from other Member States of the United Nations. Naval and Marine Corps forces included USS Simpson (FFG-56), USS New Orleans (LPH-11), USS Denver (LPD-9), USS Comstock (LSD-45), USS Cayuga (LST-1186), and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Shoulders: 20”; Armpits: 22”; Sleeve: 23 1/2”; Waist: 40”; Inseam: 31 1/2′. As Photographed with wear and age as seen (see photos for condition). A Great Candidate for any Collection, War Room, or Display. Recent Estate Collection Acquisition & Presented as Acquired, Rare (Photo 12-13 Digital Reference Only). Arthur Karl Cebrowski USN ret. , of Warrenton, died Nov. He was 63 years old and had endured a long fight with cancer. Cebrowski served his country for over 40 years. He was best known as the father of network centric warfare, the intellectual and conceptual underpinnings for modern warfare in the information age. He wrote and lectured extensively, and was regarded as one of the nation’s principal national security futurists and the intellectual leader of a movement that transformed the Department of Defense in an age of radical change and uncertainty. Cebrowski solidified his position as a leading defense intellectual as the president of the Naval War College from July 1998 to September 2001. During his tenure he reshaped the course of Naval and Defense Strategy. Upon his retirement in 2001, he was appointed by the Secretary of Defense as the first Director, Force Transformation. As director, he was the focal point and catalyst for implementing the President and Secretary of Defense’s vision for defense transformation. He linked transformation to strategic functions, evaluated the transformational efforts of the military departments, and recommended steps to integrate numerous transformational activities. He reestablished the linkages between force building and force operations and brought together operational concepts with emerging technologies. Born in Passaic, N. He was raised and schooled in Hasbrouck Heights, N. A 1964 graduate of Villanova University, received his master’s degree in computer systems management from the Naval Post Graduate School in 1972 and attended the Naval War College (Strategic Studies Group) in 1981. He entered the Navy through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1964, so he could be a Navy pilot. As a young naval aviator, he flew 154 combat missions during his two tours in Vietnam. In addition to combat deployments to Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, he deployed in support of United Nations operations in Iraq, Somalia and Bosnia. Admiral Cebrowski flew multiple aircraft, principally fighters, from several carriers and deployed to all ocean areas. His tours of duty included service with the US Air Force; the staff of Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet; the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations on four occasions; and with the Joint Staff as Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (J6). Vice Admiral Cebrowski’s personal decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal, five awards of the Legion of Merit, and many others. (Obituary Nov 16, 2005). 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