ADM James R. Hogg, USN (Ret.)
The Naval Order of the United States is pleased to announce that Admiral James Robert Hogg, USN (Ret.) has been selected to be the recipient of the 2019 Admiral of the Navy George Dewey Award. Admiral Hogg was recognized during our annual Congress in Boston, Massachusetts, in October.
Any United States civilian eligible for Regular membership, whose record for service sets him/her apart among his/her peers is deemed eligible for the Admiral of the Navy George Dewey award.
Admiral Hogg culminated his Navy career as the United States Military Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee. He was Commander, Seventh Fleet, Commander of a Cruiser-Destroyer Group, Director of Military Personnel Policy, Director of Naval Warfare for Military Requirements and Acquisition, and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel. Admiral Hogg’s sea commands included USS England (CG-22) and two destroyer squadrons.
Admiral Hogg was President of the National Security Industrial Association. The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda personally selected him as Director, CNO Strategic Studies Group. For 18 years, Admiral Hogg earned the continuing trust and confidence of six successive Chiefs of Naval Operations, including Admirals Boorda, Johnson, Clark, Mullen, Roughead, and Greenert. Under ADM Hogg’s leadership, the CNO Strategic Studies Group was the Navy’s primary source of innovative concepts for future combat operations. In developing these concepts, he personally mentored and fostered the development of 168 captains or colonels from the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Air Force, who served as SSG Fellows, of whom 47 went on to become flag and general officers; 242 E-9s to O-5s Director Fellows, and 69 civilians (GS-13-to GS-15 equivalent), who served as Science and Technology Fellows. Innovative ideas developed under Admiral Hogg’s leadership included the electromagnetic railgun and freeform-three-dimensional fabrication as well as significant upgrades to directed energy weapons, lasers, and prototype unmanned air vehicles.
Admiral Hogg graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College and holds a degree of Master of Science in Business Administration at George Washington University.