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Rick Buchanan, President of the US Navy Memorial

I'm Rick Buchanan. Welcome to my Personal Scrapbook in the new Navy Log!

I graduated from the US Naval Academy with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1968 (and also played on the Academy baseball team).

I spent the majority of my Navy career serving on submarines, starting on the USS Lapon (SSN-661). Later, I was Engineer Officer on USS Trepang (SSN-674), Executive Officer on USS Lafayette (SSBN-616), and Executivce Officer on USS Ohio (SSBN-726). I was also proud to command the USS Parche (SSN-683) from 1984-1988.

After that, I served in several other roles, including:

Executive Assistant to the Command in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command
Commander, Submarine Group Seven
Director of Strategic Submarines and Maintenance Division
Commander, Submarine Group Two
Director of Operations and Logistics, U.S. Strategic Command

After 31 years, I retired from the Navy in 1999 as a Rear Admiral. I spent the next few years in the private sector, first at the First National Bank of Omaha, then EDS and Raytheon, and then joined the Navy Memorial in 2005.

If you'd like to drop me a note, please feel free to leave a comment in the blog gadget to your right.

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