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Peter Fanta

Peter Fanta
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters
In office
February 2018
Personal details
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University (MPA)
Naval War College (MA)
U.S. Naval Academy (BS)
Military service
Branch/serviceUS Navy
Years of service37
RankRear admiral

Peter Joseph Fanta[1] (born 1961)[2] is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters who served in February 2018.[3]

He is a retired Rear Admiral of the United States Navy. His final active duty assignment was as director of Warfare Integration. He previously served as Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Five.

Biography

Fanta is a native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.[4] He holds an M.P.A. from Harvard University and an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.

Career

Fanta graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1983. He has served aboard the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Falcon (MHC-59), USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), USS Pegasus (PHM-1) and the USS Coontz (DDG-40). Other assignments have included serving as an executive assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller).

As of December 2016, he was serving as the Navy's Director of Surface Warfare.[5]

Awards and honors

Awards he has received include the:

References

  1. ^ "PN1420 — Navy". U.S. Congress. 6 October 1992. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  2. ^ Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Reserve Officers on the Active-Duty List. Bureau of Naval Personnel. 1 October 1984. p. 173. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  3. ^ "Peter Fanta". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  4. ^ "Rear Admiral Peter Fanta". United States Navy. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  5. ^ Staff, T. N. I. (2020-02-29). "It's Only A Matter Of Time Before Railguns Are Deployed On Navy Ships". The National Interest. Retrieved 2020-06-11.

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