James R. Hogg
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James Robert Hogg is a retired United States Navy
United States Navy
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 four star admiral who served as U.S. Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee (USMILREP) from 1988 to 1991.

Born in Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...

, Hogg graduated from the United States Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
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 and was commissioned in the Navy in June 1956. He served for thirty-five years, attaining the grade of Admiral in October 1988.

His sea commands included a Guided Missile Cruiser, two Destroyer Squadrons, and a Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla. He commanded the United States Seventh Fleet
United States Seventh Fleet
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 from May 1983 to March 1985.

His Staff service included assignment as Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel, Director of Military Personnel Policy, and Director of Naval Warfare working in the areas of military requirements and acquisition.

Before retirement from the Navy in May 1991, he served three years as the U.S. Representative to the NATO Military Committee. He also served for four years as President of the National Security Industrial Association, a major national defense industry association of some 400 companies of all sizes from all segments of industry that relate to U.S. national security.

Admiral Hogg, in addition to the U.S. Naval Academy, is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College
Air Command and Staff College
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 and holds a degree of Master of Science in Business Administration at George Washington University
George Washington University
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. While on active duty he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (three), the Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
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 (three) and other U.S. and foreign decorations. He has received the Vice Admiral Charles E. Weakley Award (1989), the Betsy Ross Freedom Award (1991), and the Roland M. Teel Award (1995).

He is currently the Director of the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group
Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group
The Chief of Naval 0perations Strategic Studies Group was established by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Thomas B. Hayward in 1981. The Group is co-located at the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, but receives its direction and makes its reports only to the Chief of...

, assuming the position in July 1995.
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