Henry L. Garrett III

Henry Garrett
Henry Garrett
68th United States Secretary of the Navy
	In office; May 15, 1989 – June 26, 1992
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	William L. Ball
Succeeded by	J. Daniel Howard (Acting)
24th United States Under Secretary of the Navy
	In office; August 6, 1987 – May 15, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	James F. Goodrich
Succeeded by	J. Daniel Howard
Personal details
Born	Henry Lawrence Garrett III; June 24, 1939; Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	University of West Florida (BS); University of San Diego (JD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1961–1964; 1964–1981
Unit	USS Sea Poacher; VP-50
Battles/wars	Cold War; • Cuban Missile Crisis; • Vietnam War
Awards	Air Medal (2)

Henry Lawrence Garrett III (born June 24, 1939)[1] served as the 68th Secretary of the Navy from May 15, 1989, to June 26, 1992, in the administration of George H. W. Bush.[2] Before leading the Department of the Navy, he served as General Counsel of the Department of Defense.

Career

Garrett at the commissioning ceremony for the USS Arleigh Burke with Arleigh Burke and wife present and Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney delivering the keynote address in July 1991.

Garrett served in the U.S. Navy from October 1961 to November 1981,[3] initially as a machinist's mate aboard USS Sea Poacher during the Cuban Missile Crisis,[4] before getting commissioned as a naval flight officer in 1964. He served with VP-50 in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1967 and was awarded the Air Medal two times during his military career.

Garrett ultimately resigned due to the Tailhook scandal.[5]

References

Appropriations, United States Congress Senate Committee on; Defense, United States Congress Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on (10 February 1988). "Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1989: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 4781 ..." U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
Sweeney, Jerry K.; Kevin B. Byrne (2006). A handbook of American military history: from the Revolutionary War to the present. University of Nebraska Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-8032-9337-3.
http://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/HONORARY/Garrett-%20H.%20L.pdf
"Friends See Secretary as Honorable but Ill-Served". The New York Times. 27 June 1992.
"Post Tailhook Punishment". Frontline, PBS. Retrieved 2007-08-13.

External links

Media related to Henry Lawrence Garrett III at Wikimedia Commons

Government offices
Preceded by James F. Goodrich	United States Under Secretary of the Navy August 6, 1987 – May 15, 1989	Succeeded by J. Daniel Howard
Preceded by William L. Ball	United States Secretary of the Navy May 15, 1989 – June 26, 1992	Succeeded by J. Daniel Howard (acting) Sean O'Keefe

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[1] Appropriations, United States Congress Senate Committee on; Defense, United States Congress Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on (10 February 1988). "Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1989: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 4781 ..." U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.

[2] Sweeney, Jerry K.; Kevin B. Byrne (2006). A handbook of American military history: from the Revolutionary War to the present. University of Nebraska Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-8032-9337-3.

[3] ttp://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/HONORARY/Garrett-%20H.%20L.pdf

[4] "Friends See Secretary as Honorable but Ill-Served". The New York Times. 27 June 1992.

[5] "Post Tailhook Punishment". Frontline, PBS. Retrieved 2007-08-13.