James G. Stavridis

thumb|Admiral James Stavridis in July 2009 James George Stavridis (born February 15, 1955) is a retired United States Navy admiral and vice chair, global affairs, and a managing director-partner of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation. Stavridis serves as the chief international diplomacy and national security analyst for NBC News in New York. He is also chair emeritus of the board of directors of the United States Naval Institute and a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Quotes Halsey was perhaps the Navy's nearest analogue to the Army's General Douglas MacArthur, a towering personality to whom the ordinary rules did not consciously apply. Halsey was never as overbearing as MacArthur, nor did he cross the red line into domestic US politics, but he was a political and strategic asset to Admiral Nimitz and the Navy's top commanders in Washington throughout the war. No one better exemplified the warrior spirit of the US Navy during the greatest trial by combat in its history. Admiral James G. Stavridis, U.S. Navy, Ret., To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision (2022), New York: Penguin Press, hardcover, p. 182 External links Category:Military leaders from the United States Category:United States Navy people Category:United States Naval Academy alumni Category:People from Florida Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:NATO Supreme Allied Commanders Category:Commanders of the United States European Command Category:Commanders of the United States Southern Command