Carlisle Trost

Carlisle Trost
Admiral Carlisle Trost, 1990
Born (1930-04-24) April 24, 1930
Valmeyer, Illinois
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service 1953–1990
Rank Admiral
Commands held Chief of Naval Operations
United States Atlantic Fleet
United States Seventh Fleet
Submarine Group Five
Submarine Flotilla One
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 Chairman, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association[1]

Admiral Carlisle Albert Herman Trost (born April 24, 1930) 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 Gulf War of 1991. He retired from active naval service on 1 July 1990, following completion of a four-year term as CNO.

Early life

Carlisle Albert Herman Trost was born in Valmeyer, Illinois, on April 24, 1930.

Trost graduated first in his United States 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, Connecticut. During his more than thirty-seven years of commissioned service, 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, Trost commanded Submarine Flotilla One/Submarine Group FIVE. Later operational assignments included deputy commander, United States Pacific Fleet; commander, Seventh Fleet (1980–1981);[2] Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet (1985–1986),[3] and deputy commander, United States Atlantic Command.

Trost 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 (CNO).[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
Bronze star
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)
Unidentified
 Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Commander with Star

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

Trost was recognized as a distinguished graduate of the United States 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-naval career and family life

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

Trost has four children and six grandchildren.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "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. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. 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. Archived from the original on 2009-03-28. 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. Archived from the original on March 29, 2005. 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.
Military offices
Preceded by
James D. Watkins		 Chief of Naval Operations
1986–1990		 Succeeded by
Frank B. Kelso
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