Old salt

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A Battered "Old Salt"

An "old salt" is an old sailor or mariner who tells oral history and sea stories. Sometimes deemed a sage within their domain, and while sometimes a raconteur, much of the history and traditions of mariners are passed from generation to generation as told and retold by old salts. Their factual oral histories and fictional sea stories often intermingle and thus may overall be truthful, half-true, or fiction. Each narrative told by an old salt tends to have the aim of enhancing the reputation of the old salt, the old salt's companions, or the old salt's forebears, although they may also tell instructive tales of tragedy.[1][2]

United States military title

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Quartermaster Dick Libby, USN, an Old Salt: "Twenty years in the Navy. "Never drunk on duty - never sober on liberty."[3] Portrait painted circa 1834 by Charles O. Cole

In the United States Navy, the "Old Salt" is a title passed to the longest-serving Surface Warfare Officer on active duty.[4] The award, currently held by Admiral Christopher W. Grady, honors the officer with the earliest standing SWO qualification.[5]

List of titleholders

No. Portrait Name Tenure as titleholder Positions held Ref
Date received Date relinquished Time as titleholder
1 File:Admiral (ADM) Lee Baggett Jr., USN (uncovered).jpg Admiral
Lee Baggett Jr. 		November 4, 1988 December 9, 1988 Template:Ayd Commander-in-Chief,
United States Atlantic Command (1985-1988) 		[6]
2 File:Lawrence L. Layman (3).jpg Rear Admiral
Lawrence Layman 		December 9, 1988 February 28, 1989 Template:Ayd Director of Space, Command and Control (1986-1989) [6]
3 File:Vice Adm. Albert J. Herberger.jpg Vice Admiral
Albert J. Herberger 		February 28, 1989 March 21, 1990 Template:Ayd Deputy Commander-in-Chief,
United States Transportation Command (1987-1990)[7] 		[6]
4 File:Joseph S. Donnell III (2).jpg Vice Admiral
Joseph S. Donnell III 		March 21, 1990 January 31, 1991 Template:Ayd Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (????-1991) [6]
5 File:ADM David E Jeremiah.JPG Admiral
David E. Jeremiah 		February 1, 1991 February 28, 1994 Template:Ayd Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1990-1994) [6]
6 File:Rear Admiral (lower half) David M. Bennett.jpg Vice Admiral
David M. Bennett 		March 1, 1994 August 25, 1995 Template:Ayd Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (1990-1992)
Naval Inspector General (1992-1995) 		[6]
7 File:Vice Adm. Philip M. Quast.jpg Vice Admiral
Philip M. Quast 		August 26, 1995 February 14, 1997 Template:Ayd Commander, Military Sealift Command (1995-1997)[8] [6]
8 File:George F.A. Wagner (2).jpg Rear Admiral
George F.A. Wagner 		February 15, 1997 April 30, 1998 Template:Ayd Commander,
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (1995-1998) 		[6]
9 File:George A. Huchting (6).jpg Rear Admiral
George A. Huchting 		May 1, 1998 January 14, 1999 Template:Ayd Program Executive Officer for Surface Combatants (1991-1998) [6]
10 File:Dennis R. Conley (5).jpg Rear Admiral
Dennis R. Conley 		January 14, 1999 March 31, 1999 Template:Ayd Commander, Mine Warfare Command (1996-1999) [6]
11 File:James B. Ferguson (2).jpg Rear Admiral
James B. Ferguson III 		April 1, 1999 June 1, 1999 Template:Ayd Commander, Western Hemisphere Group (????-1999) [6]
12 File:Vice Adm. James F. Amerault.jpg Vice Admiral
James F. Amerault 		June 2, 1999 July 24, 2001 Template:Ayd Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
(Fleet Readiness and Logistics) (1998-2001)[9] 		[6]
13 File:Rodney Rempt.jpg Vice Admiral
Rodney P. Rempt 		July 25, 2001 May 21, 2007 Template:Ayd President of the Naval War College (2001-2003)
Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (2003-2007) 		[6]
14 File:Michael Mullen, CJCS, official photo portrait, 2007.jpg Admiral
Michael Mullen 		May 22, 2007 December 16, 2011 Template:Ayd Chief of Naval Operations (2005-2007)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2007-2011) 		[6]
15 File:ADM John C Harvey Jr.jpg Admiral
John C. Harvey Jr. 		December 16, 2011 September 14, 2012 Template:Ayd Commander,
United States Fleet Forces Command (2009-2012) 		[10]
16 File:John Terence Blake, United States Navy Vice Admiral, official photo.jpg Vice Admiral
John Terence Blake 		September 14, 2012 December 17, 2012 Template:Ayd Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration
of Capabilities and Resources (2012)[11] 		[12]
17 File:Vice Admiral Michael A. Lefever (2).jpg Vice Admiral
Michael A. Lefever 		December 17, 2012 May 7, 2014 Template:Ayd Director, Strategic Operational Planning,
National Counterterrorism Center (2011-2014) 		[12]
18 File:Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III 2012.jpg Admiral
Samuel J. Locklear 		May 7, 2014 June 22, 2015 Template:Ayd Commander,
United States Pacific Command (2012-2015) 		[12]
19 File:ADM Kurt W. Tidd.jpg Admiral
Kurt W. Tidd 		June 22, 2015 October 22, 2018 Template:Ayd Assistant to the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2013-2016)[13]
Commander,
United States Southern Command (2016-2018) 		[14]
20 File:Davidson PACOM.jpg Admiral
Philip S. Davidson 		October 22, 2018 April 30, 2021 Template:Ayd Commander,
United States Indo-Pacific Command (2018-2021) 		[15]
21 File:ADM Christopher W. Grady (2).jpg Admiral
Christopher W. Grady 		April 30, 2021 Incumbent Template:Ayd Commander,
United States Fleet Forces Command (2018-2021)
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2021–present) 		[5]

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