Years of service 1949–1980s Name Harry Train | Battles/wars Korean War
Cold War Rank Admiral | |
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Born November 5, 1927 (age 96)
Washington, D.C. ( 1927-11-05 ) Allegiance United States of America Awards Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Service Medal (4)
Legion of Merit (4) Relations RADM Harold C. Train (father)
RADM Elizabeth L. Train (daughter) Education United States Naval Academy Commands held United States Atlantic Command | ||
Service/branch United States Navy Battles and wars Korean War, Cold War | ||
Harry Depue Train II (born November 5, 1927) is a retired Admiral in the United States Navy and a Senior Fellow at the Joint Advanced Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Naval career
Train was admitted to the United States Naval Academy in 1945 and graduated in 1949.
His operational commands included the guided missile destroyer USS Conyngham (DDG-17); the attack submarine USS Barbel (SS-580), Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 8; the John F. Kennedy Battle Group; and from August 1976 to September 1978, the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
His principal staff duties included Director of the Joint Staff, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. He served as aide to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas H. Moorer.
From 1978-1982, Admiral Train served as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command and as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
He retired from the Navy in 1982.
Personal & post-military service
The son of Rear Admiral Harold Cecil Train (1887–1968) and May Philipps Train (1889–1980), he graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in 1945 and the United States Naval Academy in 1949.
Train and his wife, Catherine, have four daughters, including Rear Admiral Elizabeth L. Train
In 1956 he joined the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and was assigned national member number 81,034.
After retiring from full-time military service, Admiral Train worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the nation's largest employee owned research and engineering company. He retired from SAIC as its Manager, Hampton Roads Operations, in September 2006.
Train served as a Commissioner on the US Commission on National Security/21st Century.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Old Dominion University Research Foundation and was the long-time president of the Future of Hampton Roads, a group of civic leaders who work toward regional solutions in Hampton Roads, Virginia.