What is John A. Baldwin Jr.?
{{Infobox military person |name= John A. Baldwin Jr. |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1933|4|20}}<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVFAAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Baldwin,+John+Ashby%22+AND+%221933%22 | title=Supplement to Who's who in America | year=1987 | isbn=9780837971001 }}</ref> |death_date= |birth_place= [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], U.S. |death_place= |placeofburial= |image= VADM John A. Baldwin (covered).jpg |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= [[United States|United States of America]] |branch= [[United States Navy]] |serviceyears=1955-1992 |rank=[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|35px]] [[Vice Admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] |commands=*{{USS|John R. Perry|DE-1034}} *{{USS|Meyerkord|DE-1058}} *[[Destroyer]] Division 33 *[[Cruiser]]-Destroyer Group 3 *{{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63}} [[Carrier Battle Group|Battle Group]] *[[President of the Naval War College]] *President of the [[National Defense University]] |unit= |battles= *[[Vietnam War]] *[[Cold War]] |awards= |relations= |laterwork= }} '''John Ashby Baldwin Jr.''' (born April 20, 1933) is a [[Vice Admiral (United States)|vice admiral]] of the [[United States Navy]]. He was active during the [[Cold War]]. He commanded [[destroyer]]s and a [[carrier battle group]]. He worked on the staffs of the [[Chief of Naval Operations]], the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], the [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]], and the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]. He was [[President of the Naval War College|President]] of the [[Naval War College]] and of the [[National Defense University]] from 1986 to 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/ar/bravo/baldwin.htm |title=Papers of Vice Admiral John A. Baldwin, Jr., USN, 1975-1989 |access-date=2020-04-20 |archive-date=2013-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302201217/http://www.history.navy.mil/ar/bravo/baldwin.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldwin, John A.}} [[Category:1933 births]]