| 词条 | James Symonds |
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|name=James A. Symonds |image=Rear Admiral James A. Symonds.jpg |caption= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1954|2|7}} |death_date= |birth_place= Sodus, New York, U.S. |death_place= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|United States}} |branch=Navy |serviceyears=1976–2010 |rank=Rear Admiral |unit= |commands= |battles= |awards= |relations= |laterwork= }}James A. Symonds is an American retired rear admiral of the United States Navy who last served as Commander, Navy Region Northwest, based in Silverdale, Washington. He was the former Commanding Officer of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76).[1] He had a prominent, symbolic role in the state funeral of former United States President Ronald Reagan in 2004.[2] Early life and educationSymonds is a native of Sodus, New York.[1] He attended the State University of New York at Albany and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1975.[1] He later was commissioned at the Aviation Officer Candidate School at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida that September and was designated a Naval Flight Officer in July 1976.[1] Military careerSymonds served one operational tour assigned as an A-6 Intruder Bombardier/Navigator in Attack Squadron 115, aboard the USS Midway (CV-41).[1] In 1983, he became a naval aviator after being selected for pilot training and returned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.[1] He then participated in two additional operational tours with Attack Squadron 196, and was deployed on board the USS Constellation (CV-64) and the USS Independence (CV-62) amidst Operation Desert Storm.[1] In October 1992, Symonds was promoted to Executive Officer of Attack Squadron 165 on the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and took full command the following October.[1] In 1995 he attended Navy Nuclear Power Training.[1] Symonds was later assigned as Executive Officer of the {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower|CVN-69}},[1] and led the ship on a 1998 deployment order to the Mediterranean Gulf;[1] he assumed command of the {{USS|Nashville|LPD-13}} in 2001.[1] USS Ronald ReaganIn August 2003 Symonds became Commanding Officer of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), the Navy's newest aircraft carrier.[3] He presided over the ship's transfer from Norfolk, Virginia to its homeport in San Diego, California.[1] On June 5, 2004, while Symonds was commanding officer, former President Ronald Reagan, the ship's namesake, died at his home in California. Upon former First Lady Nancy Reagan's request, the Commanding Officer of the USS Reagan would present her the American flag that draped the president's casket;[4] at the time, it was Symonds.[5] Following a national funeral service in the Washington National Cathedral and six days of public mourning, Symonds presented Nancy Reagan with the flag at President Reagan's gravesite at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library prior to his interment.[5] Recent careerSymonds turned over command of the USS Reagan to Captain Terry Kraft on November 17, 2005.[6] His more recent posts have been Navy Director of Environmental Readiness[7] and Commander of the Navy Region Northwest, a position he took up in July 2007.[1] Awards{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
Footnotes1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 {{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=328|publisher=United States Navy|title=United States Navy Biography: Rear Admiral James A. Symonds|accessdate=2010-03-12|date=September 5, 2007}} {{Commons category}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Symonds, James}}2. ^{{cite news|work=Associated Press|publisher=MSNBC|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5144264/|title=Sun Sets as Reagan Laid to Rest in California|date=June 12, 2004|accessdate=2008-06-05}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37278|title= USS Ronald Reagan Departs on Third Deployment|date=May 20, 2008|publisher=United States Navy|accessdate=2008-06-05}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0406/11/lol.01.html|title=CNN Transcript|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2008-06-05|date=June 11, 2004}} 5. ^1 {{cite news|publisher=CBS|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/05/national/main621238.shtml|title=A Nation Bids Reagan Farewell|date=June 11, 2004|accessdate=2008-06-05}} 6. ^{{cite web|publisher=United States Navy |url=http://www.c3f.navy.mil/images_USS_Ronald_Reagan_COC.htm |title=USS Ronald Reagan Change of Command Ceremony |date=November 17, 2005 |accessdate=2008-06-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920205326/http://www.c3f.navy.mil/images_USS_Ronald_Reagan_COC.htm |archivedate=September 20, 2007 }} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Navy Sonar Exempted from Marine Mammal Protection Law|date=January 24, 2007|accessdate=2008-06-05|work=Environmental News Service|url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-24-02.asp}} 8 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|United States Navy admirals|University at Albany, SUNY alumni|Recipients of the Legion of Merit|Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal|People from Sodus, New York|People from Silverdale, Washington |
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