Randy B. Crites

Randy B. Crites is an American naval officer, navigator, operations officer and vice admiral in the United States Navy, serving as deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and resources in office since May 2020. Prior to retaining the position, he served as the deputy assistant secretary of the navy for budget, and was subsequently appointed as director of the fiscal management division in Washington, D.C. until he was promoted to the rank of vice admiral in 2020.[2][3]

Randy B. Crites
Randy B. Crites as Vice admiral, July 2020
BornLima, Ohio, United States
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service1985–present
Rank Vice admiral[1]
Commands heldUnited States Fleet Forces Command
United States Strategic Command
Submarine Group 10
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Budget)
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Integration of Capabilities and Resources)
Battles/warsGlobal War on Terrorism
AwardsLegion of Merit (4)
Alma materNaval War College
Ohio State University

Life

Crites was born and raised in Lima, Ohio, U.S. He attended Shawnee High School, graduating in 1980.[4] Crites studied mining engineering at the Ohio State University where he obtained his B.S. degree in 1984.[5] In 1996, he moved to Newport, Rhode Island where he attended the Naval War College and studied security studies and did master's degree in National Security Affairs. Prior to this, he was commissioned in 1985 through an annual program of the navy called Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate (NPOC) program. He did his graduation in National Securities study program through MIT Seminar XXI.

He initially served at various posts. He was assigned to sea tours, including an Ohio-class submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN-739). He served at SSBN-739 as executive officer, USS Archerfish (SSN-678) as navigator and operations officer, and as division officer aboard at a sturgeon-class attack submarine USS Ray (SSN-653). He commanded various ships and submarines throughout his career such as USS Florida (SSGN-728) with assigned duties at U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleet. While working with fifth and sixth fleets, he was assigned to command a ballistic missile submarine the USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) for completing strategic patrols.

Crites headed navy's branches stationed at various places. He was appointed as the branch head for Program Planning and Development. His other tours ashore include instructor at the United States Fleet Forces Command (formerly U.S. Atlantic Fleet), and a naval member of the Tactical Readiness Evaluation Team. He retained prominent positions in the US navy such as commander of a nuclear-powered submarine project the Submarine Program Section (SPS) and Shipbuilding Account Manager (SAM). As on active commissioned duty, he headed the United States Strategic Command as weapons system programmer. He remained commanding officer of the Performance Monitoring Team (PMT) at Submarine Squadron 4, raised by the US Navy in 1930.

Before he was appointed to the vice chief of naval operations, he served commander of Submarine Group 10, director of Pacific Fleet, and OPNAV's director of Assessments Division (N81).[6]

Awards and decorations
Badge Submarine Warfare insignia (Officer)
1st row Legion of Merit with three gold award stars | Defense Meritorious Service Medal
2nd row Meritorious Service Medal with award star Navy Commendation Medal with three award stars Navy Achievement Medal with two award stars
3rd row Joint Meritorious Unit Award Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation with one bronze service star Navy "E" Ribbon with three Battle "E" devices
4th row Navy Expeditionary Medal National Defense Service Medal with service star Armed Forces Service Medal
5th row Humanitarian Service Medal Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with four service stars Navy Arctic Service Ribbon
6th row NATO Medal for the former Yugoslavia Navy Expert Rifleman Medal Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal
Badge Silver SSBN Deterrent Patrol insignia (7 awards)
Badge Command at Sea insignia

References
  1. Burgess, Richard R.; Editor, Senior (May 6, 2020). "Burke Leads List as Navy Resumes Flag Officer Announcements".CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. Larter, David (February 10, 2020). "The US Navy wants more ships but can't afford them, admiral says". Defense News.
  3. "Navy's vice chief tapped to command service's forces in Europe, Africa". Stars and Stripes.
  4. Shawnee Quilna 1980. 54. Lima, Ohio: Shawnee High School. p. 71.
  5. 288th Commencement, Spring 1984 (PDF). The Ohio State University. June 8, 1984. p. 40. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  6. "U.S. Navy Biographies - VICE ADMIRAL RANDY B. CRITES". www.navy.mil.
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