Robert L. J. Long
Robert Lyman John Long | |
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| File:Robert LJ Long.JPG Admiral Robert L. J. Long | |
| Service | U.S. Navy |
| Years of service | 1943-1983 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | USS Sea Leopard USS Patrick Henry USS Casimir Pulaski ComSubLant Vice Chief of Naval Operations United States Pacific Command |
| Battles / wars | World War II, Vietnam War |
Robert Lyman John Long (1920 – 2002) was a four star admiral in the United States Navy who served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1977-1979 and Commander in Chief Pacific from 1979-1983[1]. After his retirement from the Navy in 1983, Admiral Long led the commission that found senior military officials responsible for security lapses in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing attack that killed 241 US Marines.
Biography
Long was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up there. He graduated in 1943 from the United States Naval Academy, served on the battleship USS Colorado in the Pacific and entered the submarine service after World War II. Admiral Long saw combat in the Vietnam conflict and commanded the USS Sea Leopard, a diesel-powered submarine, and the USS Patrick Henry and the USS Casimir Pulaski, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.
He also commanded the Submarine Force, United States Atlantic fleet; Submarines, Allied Command; and Submarine Force, Western Atlantic area. He was executive assistant and naval aide to the under secretary of the Navy; deputy chief of naval operations and vice chief of naval operations.
Admiral Long's final Navy posting was as Pacific Commander in Chief.
References
- ^ The Reminiscences of Admiral Robert L.J. Long U.S. Navy (Retired), US Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD, 1995
