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New Commandant of Midshipmen is a woman
USNA Alumni Association | 10-20-2006 | Lawrence Heyworth III

Posted on 10/20/2006 1:39:44 PM PDT by ArtyFO

Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:57 PM Subject: New Commandant of Midshipmen This email is being sent to all USNA Alumni & Foundation Leadership for further dissemination.

The Naval Academy has asked that we pass the following to you: ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Rodney P. Rempt has selected Naval Flight Officer and academy graduate, Capt. Margaret D. Klein to serve as the 82nd Commandant of Midshipmen.

Klein, 49, a native of Weymouth , Mass. will relieve current Commandant of Midshipmen Capt. Bruce E. Grooms in December. Capt. Grooms has been selected for promotion to Rear Admiral and assignment as deputy director, Submarine Warfare Division, N87B, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C..

Klein, a 1981 graduate of the Naval Academy is currently serving as Chief of Staff to Commander, Carrier Strike Group Eight, embarked in the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Strike Group. She was designated a Naval Flight Officer in 1983 and served three operational tours in Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Three (the “Ironmen”) flying in the EC-130Q and the E-6A “TACAMO” aircraft. Klein had command of the Ironmen in her final tour, during which the squadron won the Battle E and Maintenance Excellence Award.

Klein’s extensive operational experience includes service on the USS Kitty Hawk Battle Group Staff during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Her major command was Wing Commander of Joint Service Task Force 124 and Strategic Communications Wing One in Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma .

Klein previously served in the Presidential Contingency Plans Directorate of the White House Military Office, as a Brookings Legislative Fellow in 1997 and on the staff of Senator Olympia Snowe, briefing defense issues. She holds a Masters of Education in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern Maine .

Vice Adm. Rempt selected Capt. Klein from a group of distinguished and highly qualified candidates. “Capt. Klein is superbly qualified to lead the Brigade of Midshipmen and brings a substantial amount of operational, academic and leadership experience to the position,” said Rempt. “Capt. Grooms has done a magnificent job as Commandant, and has contributed significantly to the moral, mental and physical development of the next generation of naval officers. We are thankful for his superb leadership while he has been at the Academy.”

The Commandant of Midshipmen is responsible for training, discipline and character development of the Academy’s 4,200 midshipmen into combat leaders of character for the Navy and Marine Corps.

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To: ArtyFO

No picture of her??? what's up.


61 posted on 10/21/2006 7:23:07 PM PDT by fish hawk
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To: fish hawk

There is a picture of her on the net, but it only shows her from the rear. She goes by the name of Peg Klein.


62 posted on 10/21/2006 7:43:44 PM PDT by ArtyFO (I love to smoke cigars when I adjust artillery fire.)
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To: ArtyFO

Well I'm not signing up until I see what she looks like. LOL


63 posted on 10/21/2006 10:49:57 PM PDT by fish hawk
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To: miliantnutcase

>>>The Navy is no different than any other private corporation these days.

The Navy kills people.


64 posted on 10/21/2006 11:05:44 PM PDT by Hop A Long Cassidy
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To: ArtyFO
I have nothing against her, only the Navy higher ups who thought she was fit for the job.

Other than an absence of testicles, what in your opinion makes her unfit for the job?

65 posted on 10/22/2006 4:50:26 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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