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{{Short description|United States admiral}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Gary Roughead
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|caption= Roughead in September 2007
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|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1951|7|15}}
|birth_place= [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
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|allegiance= United States
|branch= [[United States Navy]]
|serviceyears= 1973–2011
|rank= [[File:US Navy O10 infobox.svg|25px]] [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]]
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|commands= [[Chief of Naval Operations]]<br/>[[United States Fleet Forces Command]]<br/>[[United States Pacific Fleet]]<br/>[[United States Second Fleet]]<br/>{{USS|Port Royal|CG-73}}<br/>{{USS|Barry|DDG-52}}
|battles= [[Vietnam War]]
|awards= [[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>[[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]] (2)<br/>[[Army Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]<br/>[[Legion of Merit]] (4)
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'''Gary Roughead''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ʌ|f|h|ɛ|d}} "rough head"; born July 15, 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://armedservices.house.gov/comdocs/reports/2004exereports/04-09-02roughead.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104052231/http://armedservices.house.gov/comdocs/reports/2004exereports/04-09-02roughead.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a former [[United States Navy]] officer who served as the 29th [[Chief of Naval Operations]] from 2007 to 2011. He previously served as Commander, [[United States Fleet Forces Command]] from May 17 to September 29, 2007. Prior to that, Roughead served as the 31st Commander, [[United States Pacific Fleet]] from 2005 to 2007. In 2011, he retired from the U.S. Navy after 38 years of service.

==Early life and education==
Roughhead was born July 15, 1951, in [[Buffalo, New York]]. Roughead graduated from high school at [[Valley Forge Military Academy]] in [[Wayne, Pennsylvania]], in 1969. He is a 1973 graduate of the [[United States Naval Academy]] and a [[Surface Warfare Officer]].

==Career==
[[File:US Navy 070927-N-3642E-171 Adm. Gary Roughead, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, testifies before the Committee on Armed Services during his confirmation hearing for appointment to Chief of Naval Operations.jpg|thumb|Roughead during his [[United States Senate Committee on Armed Services|Committee on Armed Forces]] confirmation hearing in the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] for appointment to [[Chief of Naval Operations]] in September 2007]]
[[File:US Navy 071012-N-4238B-095 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead speaks with crew members aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20).jpg|thumb|Roughead speaking with crew members aboard [[USNS Comfort|USNS ''Comfort'']] in October 2007]]
[[File:US Navy 080815-N-8273J-253 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead, left, and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Joe R. Campa Jr. speak with Sailors, Marines and Soldiers.jpg|thumb|Roughead and Master Chief Petty Officer [[Joe R. Campa]] in [[Afghanistan]] in August 2008]]
[[File:US Navy 100513-N-8273J-010 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead speaks at the Heritage Foundation.jpg|thumb|Roughead speaking at [[The Heritage Foundation]] in May 2010]]
Roughead's initial assignment was in the Weapons Department aboard {{USS|Josephus Daniels|CG-27}}. This was followed by duty as executive officer on the patrol gunboats {{USS|Douglas|PGM-100}} and {{USS|Tacoma|PGM-92}}, the former home-ported in [[Naples]], Italy. He was the commissioning chief engineer aboard {{USS|O'Bannon|DD-987}} and executive officer on board {{USS|Spruance|DD-963}}.

Roughead's tours ashore include assignments as flag lieutenant to the [[Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic]] in the [[United States Atlantic Fleet]], the Surface Warfare Analyst at the Navy's Office of Program Appraisal, administrative aide to the [[United States Secretary of the Navy|U.S. Secretary of the Navy]], executive assistant to the [[Commander, Naval Surface Force Pacific]], commandant, [[United States Naval Academy]], the Department of the Navy's chief of legislative affairs; and deputy commander, United States Pacific Command.

Roughead was the commissioning commanding officer of the [[Aegis Combat System]] destroyer {{USS|Barry|DDG-52}}, and, upon assuming command of the cruiser {{USS|Port Royal|CG-73}}, he became the first naval officer to command both classes of Aegis ships. While he was in command, ''Port Royal'' was awarded a [[Meritorious Unit Commendation]] and received the Golden Anchor Award for excellence in retention and crew support programs. He was Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Two and the {{USS|George Washington|CVN-73}} Carrier Battle Group, deploying to the [[Persian Gulf]] and [[Mediterranean Sea]]. His latest assignment afloat was as Commander, [[United States Second Fleet]] and Commander, [[NATO]] Striking Fleet Atlantic and Commander, Naval Forces North Fleet East in [[Norfolk, Virginia]]; he was nominated to head the Fleet Forces Command on March 19, 2007.

On September 2, 2005, Roughead was a keynote speaker at the End of World War II Commemoration aboard the battleship {{USS|Missouri|BB-63}} Memorial on [[Ford Island]] in [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpf.navy.mil/speeches/050902.htm |title=Remarks as delivered by Admiral Gary Roughead, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet |access-date=2006-03-30 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921193307/http://www.cpf.navy.mil/speeches/050902.htm |archive-date=September 21, 2007 }}, End of World War II Commemoration Aboard USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, September 2, 2005.</ref>

===Chief of Naval Operations===
On September 29, 2007, Roughead was appointed [[Chief of Naval Operations]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcement of Nomination as Chief of Naval Operations|url=http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11194}}</ref> In January 2009, Roughead attended the [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|inaugural parade of Barack Obama]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=FZchLoxlz4o|title=Anchors Aweigh – US Navy Band|last=ListenOnRepeat.com|access-date=2015-03-16|archive-date=2018-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820172639/https://listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=FZchLoxlz4o|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, Roughead retired from the U.S. Navy after 38 years of service and was succeeded in his post as [[Chief of Naval Operations]] by Admiral [[Jonathan Greenert]].

===Post-Navy career===
After retirement, Roughead became a board member of [[Theranos]], a now-defunct privately held [[health technology]] company known for its false claims to have devised revolutionary [[blood test]]s using very small amounts of blood.<ref name="BadBlood">{{cite book|author=John Carreyrou|title=Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CcJFDwAAQBAJ|date=21 May 2018|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-5247-3166-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Levine|first1=Matt|title=The Blood Unicorn Theranos Was Just a Fairy Tale|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-14/theranos-misled-investors-and-consumers-who-used-its-blood-test|access-date=14 March 2018|work=Bloomberg View|date=14 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A singular board at Theranos |publisher=Fortune |date= June 12, 2014 |url=http://fortune.com/2014/06/12/theranos-board-directors/ |access-date=2015-10-12}}</ref> He sits on the executive committee of the Maritime Policy and Strategy Research Center (HMS).<ref>{{cite web|title=executive committee of the Maritime Policy & Strategy Research Center|url=http://hms.haifa.ac.il/index.php/en/about-us/executive-committee}}</ref> 

Roughhead is a distinguished fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]], a [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] [[think tank]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Admiral Gary Roughead|url=https://www.hoover.org/profiles/admiral-gary-roughead|access-date=2021-12-12|website=Hoover Institution|language=en}}</ref> and a member of the Board of Managers for the [[Applied Physics Laboratory|Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Release |url=https://www.jhuapl.edu/PressRelease/150501 |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=www.jhuapl.edu}}</ref>

==Awards and decorations==
{|
|colspan="2"|
:[[File:Surface Warfare Officer Insignia.png|140px]] [[Surface Warfare Officer Insignia]]
:[[File:Joint Chiefs of Staff seal.svg|85px]] [[Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge]]
|-
|[[File:Defense Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|80px]]
|[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|[[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]] with one golden [[award star]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|[[Army Distinguished Service Medal]]
|-
|[[File:US Defense Superior Service Medal ribbon.svg|80px]]
|[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=3|type=award-star|ribbon=Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|[[Legion of Merit]] with three award stars
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=Meritorious Service ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]] with one award star
|-
|[[File:Navy and Marine Corps Commendation ribbon.svg|80px]]
|[[Navy Commendation Medal]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Achievement ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|[[Navy Achievement Medal]] with one award star
|-
|[[File:Joint Meritorious Unit Award-3d.svg|80px]]
|[[Joint Meritorious Unit Award]]
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|[[Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation]] with three bronze [[service star]]s
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Battle Effectiveness Award ribbon, 2nd award.svg|width=80}}
|[[Navy "E" Ribbon]] with two [[Battle E device]]s
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|[[National Defense Service Medal]] with two bronze service stars
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|[[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]] with bronze service star
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|[[Vietnam Service Medal]] with one bronze service star
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=5|type=service-star|ribbon=Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|[[Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon]] with silver service star
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg|width=80}}
|[[Order of the Rising Sun|Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun]] (Japan) 2009
|-
|[[File:Tong-il Security Medal Ribbon.svg|80px]]
|[[Order of National Security Merit (Korea)|Order of National Security Merit]], Tong-il Medal (Republic of Korea)
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Order of Naval Merit - Commander (Brazil) - ribbon bar.png{{!}}border|width=80}}
|[[Order of Naval Merit (Brazil)|Commander of the Order of Naval Merit]] (Brazil)
|-
|[[File:Ribbon Bar of the Grand Cross The Order of Naval Merit Admiral Padilla.svg|80px]]
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of Naval Merit Admiral Padilla]] (Colombia)
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) ribbon.png|width=80}}
|[[Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)|Meritorious Service Medal (Military)]] (Singapore)
|-
|[[File:US - Presidential Service Badge.png|80px]]
|[[Presidential Service Badge]]
|}
Roughead is also a distinguished recipient of the "Bob Hope Five Star Award for Distinguished Service to America."<br />
The Asian-American Government Executives Network (AAGEN) recognized Roughead with the AAGEN Excellence in Public Service Award June 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=54012|title=Top Navy Officer Receives Public Service Award for Diversity Initiative|first=This story was written by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Kyle P. Malloy, Chief of Naval Operations Public|last=Affairs}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=253 Official Navy biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222132845/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=253 |date=2014-02-22 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008033020/http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Adm._Gary_Roughead Gary Roughead], profile at whorunsgov.com (''[[Washington Post]]'')
* {{C-SPAN|55245}}

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