Vice Admiral Walter E. “Ted” Carter Jr.
The Navy League Eastern Shore Council (NL ESC) proudly presents Vice Admiral Walter E. “Ted” Carter Jr. VADM Carter will be the Navy League Keynote Speaker on Tuesday May 7, 2019, at the Talbot Country Club.
Vice Admiral Walter E. “Ted” Carter Jr became the 62nd superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy on July 23, 2014. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1981, was designated a Naval Flight Officer in 1982, and graduated from the Navy Fighter Weapons School, Top Gun, in 1985. He completed the Air Command and Staff College course and the Armed Forces Staff College. In 2001, he completed the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program.
Everyone is invited for the Tuesday Evening, May 7, 2019 Dinner. Social Hour starts at 5:00 PM with dinner call at 6:00 PM. Keynote Speaker at 7:00 PM. This will be the 267th meeting of the Eastern Shore Navy League Council. Non-members are always welcome. Dinner cost is $40 per person. Please email [email protected] or call-in reservations (410-819-8029) by Friday May 3rd. Payment at the door will be accepted.
The three-course dinner menu will consist of a salad, entrée and dessert. Dinner beverages, rolls, and butter are included. There will be a cash bar. We will honor WWII Veterans with complementary dinners.
The NL ESC would also like to recognize BMC Thomas A. Pease OIC (Officer in Charge) of the USCG Station Oxford who will be changing command this summer.
Vice Admiral Walter E. “Ted” Carter Jr
Carter’s career as an aviator includes extensive time at sea, deploying around the globe in the F-4 Phantom II and the F-14 Tomcat. He has landed on 19 different aircraft carriers, to include all 10 of the Nimitz Class carriers. Carter commanded the VF-14 “Tophatters,” served as Executive Officer of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and commanded both USS Camden (AOE 2) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). His most recent Fleet command assignment was Commander, Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG-12) during Big E’s final combat deployment as a 51 year old aircraft carrier in 2012.
Ashore, Carter served as Chief of Staff for Fighter Wing Pacific and Executive Assistant to the Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command. He served as Commander, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command and subsequently as lead for the Transition Planning Team during the disestablishment of U.S. Joint Forces Command in 2011. After leading Task Force RESILIENT (a study in suicide related behaviors), he established the 21st Century Sailor Office (OPNAV N17) as its first Director in 2013. Most recently, Carter served as the 54th president of the U.S. Naval War College. During his tenure, he established the Naval Leadership and Ethics Center in Newport, R.I., on May 1, 2014.
Carter is the recipient of various personal awards, including the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (two awards), Legion of Merit (three awards), Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat V, Bronze Star, Air Medal (two with Combat V and five strike/flight), and Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two with Combat V). He was awarded the Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award and the U.S. Navy League’s John Paul Jones Award for Inspirational Leadership. Carter was also appointed an Honorary Master Chief by the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy in 2008.
Carter flew 125 combat missions in support of joint operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. He accumulated 6,150 flight hours in F-4, F-14, and F-18 aircraft during his career and safely completed 2,016 carrier-arrested landings, the record among all active and retired U.S. Naval Aviation designators. In April of 2015, Carter was inducted into the prestigious Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.
The Eastern Shore Navy League Council proudly sponsors the U.S. Navy Wallops Island Surface Combat Systems Center, and the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oxford. We host members of those stations,and present ‘Enlisted Person of the Quarter’ awards as the opportunity merits. We are proud to have given honorarium gifts to USCG Station Oxford during the federal government shutdown. Council donations are made to sea service Fleet Recreation Funds.
The Navy League Eastern Shore Council (NL ESC) also supports three high school JROTC units. These are Easton High School Navy JROTC, Woodbridge HS (DE) Marine Corps JROTC, and Pocomoke High School MCJROTC. The NL council provides awards, scholarships, and financial gifts when possible. Our members attend JROTC events, Veterans Day ceremonies, and active sea service fleet activities. You may learn more about the local Navy League Council via website: www.easternshorecouncilnavyleague.org.
We encourage readers to join the Navy League of the United States (NLUS) to support the council and receive SeaPower magazine. Applications for NLUS ESC council membership are available on-line at www.navyleague.org .
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