Carlisle Trost

Carlisle Albert Herman Trost
Admiral Carlisle Trost, 1990.
Born	April 24, 1930 Valmeyer, Illinois
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1953–1990
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Submarine Flotilla One Submarine Group Five U.S. Seventh Fleet U.S. Atlantic Fleet Chief of Naval Operations
Awards	Defense Distinguished Service Medal (2) Navy Distinguished Service Medal (3) Army Distinguished Service Medal Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (3)
Other work	U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Chairman[1]

Admiral Carlisle Albert Herman Trost (born April 24, 1930 in Valmeyer, Illinois) is a retired United States Navy officer who served as the 23rd Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1 July 1986 to 29 June 1990. He oversaw the Navy during the end of the Cold War, and the preparations for the first Persian Gulf War (1991). He retired from active naval service on 1 July 1990, following completion of a four-year term as CNO.

Naval career

He graduated first in his U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1953 and was commissioned as an ensign. He volunteered and was accepted to begin submarine training in 1954 and once again graduated first in his class from Submarine School in New London, CT. During his more than thirty-seven years of commissioned service, Admiral Trost served at sea in destroyers and diesel-powered and nuclear submarines, including tours as executive officer of two nuclear-powered submarines and as commanding officer of a Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine.

After selection to Flag Rank in 1973, he commanded Submarine Flotilla One/Submarine Group FIVE. Later operational assignments included deputy commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet; commander, Seventh Fleet (1980–1981);^[2] Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (1985–1986),^[3] and deputy commander, U.S. Atlantic Command. Ashore.

He served as military assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, executive assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, and on the Navy Staff as Director, Systems Analysis Division, Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel and Director, Navy Program Planning.

In May 1986, Trost was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to succeed Admiral James D. Watkins as Chief of Naval Operations.^[4][5] Trost served as CNO from July 1, 1986 to June 29, 1990.^[6] He was succeeded by Admiral Frank B. Kelso.

Awards and honors

Officer Submarine Warfare insignia

Silver SSBN Deterrent Patrol insignia with one gold star

Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge

Defense Distinguished Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster

Navy Distinguished Service Medal with two gold award stars

Army Distinguished Service Medal

Air Force Distinguished Service Medal

Legion of Merit with two award stars

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

Navy Unit Commendation

Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation

Navy Expeditionary Medal

Navy Occupation Service Medal

National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star

Antarctica Service Medal

Humanitarian Service Medal

Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon

Order of National Security Merit Gukseon Medal, 2nd Class (Republic of Korea)

Order of the Rising Sun Grand Cordon (Japan)

Order of the Cloud and Banner with Grand Cordon, 2nd Grade (Republic of China)

Order of Naval Merit, Grand Officer (Brazil)

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Trost is an Olmsted Scholar.^[7] He is active in the Boy Scouts of America as an adult, an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award .^[8][9]

Organizational affiliations

He was recognized as a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has also served on the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association, as well as President of the Class of '53. A classmate and another past President of the Class of '53 is Texas businessman and former presidential candidate H. Ross Perot.

Post-Navy career and family life

Since his retirement from the Navy, Admiral Trost has served on the boards of directors of a number of U.S. corporations. He served as Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association in a term that ended in Spring 2009.^[1]

He has four children and six grandchildren.

Notes

1. "Board of Trustees 2006–2007". U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
2. "Commander Seventh Fleet". Lists of Senior Officers and Civilian Officials of the US Navy. Navy Department Library, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
3. "Atlantic Command, Commander in Chief US". Lists of Senior Officers and Civilian Officials of the US Navy. Navy Department Library, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
4. Gordon, New York Times, May 1986.
5. Halloran, New York Times, May 1986.
6. "Chief of Naval Operations". Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
7. "Olmstead Scholars". United States Naval Academy. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
8. "Distinguished Eagle Scouts" (PDF). Scouting.org. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
9. Hopkins, Rebecca (November 6, 1997). "US Admiral Trost comes to SIUE for Veteran's Day speech, Remembering our veterans". The Alestle. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Retrieved 2007-03-31.

References

• "Advisory Board Biography: Adm. Carlisle Trost, USN (Ret.)". Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA). Retrieved 2007-01-03.
• Gordon, Michael R. (May 29, 1986). "President Selects New Chief of Naval Operations". New York Times. p. Section A, Page 24, Column 1.
• Halloran, Richard (May 30, 1986). "2 Career Men Who Worked Their Way to the Top of Navy and Air Force: Carlisle Albert Herman Trost". New York Times. p. Section A, Page 11, Column 1. Retrieved 2007-01-02.

External links

• Biography of Trost from Shipmate (Spring 2003 issue), the magazine of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation.