Robert D. Reilly Jr.
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Biography
Reilly, a native of Winnetka, Illinois, is a graduate of New Trier High School's West Campus. He comes from a family with more than a century of service in the United States armed forces including his great grandfather Army Captain Henry Joseph Reilly and grand uncle Army Brigadier General Henry Joseph Reilly, Jr. Commissioned in 1975 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, he first served aboard the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". as Electronic Material Officer, Combat Information Center Officer and Damage Control Assistant.[3]
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Reilly's additional operational tours at sea included duties as Flag Secretary, Cruiser Destroyer Group One, where he participated in the western Pacific and Southwest Asia deployments of the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Battleship Battle Groups, and the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Carrier Battle Group; and command of Destroyer Squadron Fifty (COMDESRON 50), homeported in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He also commanded Cruiser Destroyer Group Two and the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Carrier Strike Group (CSG-10).[3]
Ashore, Reilly served as Operations Readiness Assessment Officer, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet staff in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Surface Warfare and Weapons Procurement Analyst, Program Resource Appraisal Division (N81), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; Surface Warfare Junior Officer Assignment Branch Head (PERS 412), Bureau of Naval Personnel; Joint Operations Division Pacific Command Division Chief, Joint Staff (J3); Director, Environmental Readiness, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO N45); and as Deputy Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Information Technology (CNO N098) and Department of the Navy Deputy Chief Information Officer (Navy).[3]
Reilly assumed command of the Military Sealift Command in March 2006.[3] During his tenure MSC returned nearly $1 billion to the Navy’s budget through improved business practices; won awards for contracting excellence, competitive procurement, small business, safety and environmental responsibility; improved energy efficiencies; placed additional helicopter detachments aboard U.S. navy fleet logistics ships, saving $700 million in cost avoidance over 20 years; deployed the U.S. Navy's two hospital ships Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". on five humanitarian and civic assistance missions treating more than 370,000 patients in 25 countries; evacuated 6,700 U.S. citizens from Beirut to safety in 2006; and delivered Script error: No such module "convert". of combat equipment and supplies and Script error: No such module "convert". of fuel to U.S. and coalition forces ashore in Iraq and Afghanistan with a 98 percent on-time delivery record.
Reilly earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Washington, and a Master's in Public Administration (National Resources) from the George Washington University. He is also a 1993 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.[3]
Medals and Awards:
Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with three Gold Stars, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Meritorious Service Medal with two Gold Stars, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with one Gold Star, Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Citation with two Bronze Stars, Navy "E" Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal with two Bronze Stars, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal with one Bronze Star, Humanitarian Service Medal with two Bronze Stars, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with one Silver Star and one Bronze Star, Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Global War on Terror Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal
References
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4. Official Transcript of Naval Service for Rear Admiral Robert D. Reilly, Jr. U.S. Navy
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Place of birth missing (living people)
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- New Trier High School alumni
- University of Washington alumni
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- Recipients of the Legion of Merit
- United States Navy admirals
- Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal