Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani served as the seventh Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Vice Chairman, Adm. Giambastiani chaired the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, co-chaired the Defense Acquisition Board, and served as a member of the National Security Council Deputies Committee, the Nuclear Weapons Council and the Missile Defense Executive Board. In addition, he worked with Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England as Co-Chair of the Deputies Advisory Working Group, which oversees implementation of the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review and other high level Departmental business issues.
His previous assignment was as NATO?s first Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and as Commander, United States Joint Forces Command, where he led the transformation of NATO and U.S. military forces, capabilities and doctrines and the introduction of new technologies.
A native of Canastota, N. Y., Adm. Giambastiani graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with leadership distinction in 1970. He has been awarded numerous decorations but is most proud of the eight Battle Efficiency E's, five Navy Unit Commendations and five Navy Meritorious Unit Commendations because they recognize the participation and accomplishments of all crew members.
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