Michael S. Rogers

Michael S. Rogers is a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy and the current commander of the tenth U.S. Fleet (U.S. Tenth Fleet ). In January 2014 it was announced that Rogers of U.S. President Barack Obama of the United States Cyber ​​Command is to be proposed as the new director of the National Security Agency and commander. It would thus follow General Keith Alexander. Rogers had been regarded in advance as a promising candidate.

Rogers is from Chicago and graduated in 1977 from high school. After graduating from Auburn University in 1981, he joined the U.S. Navy. Originally active in the Marine sector 'for surface warfare ", 1986, he was reassigned to the field of cryptology, now called information warfare. He served on U.S. warships and submarines in the Atlantic, the Baltic, the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf and the Caribbean. Rogers worked as an intelligence coordinator of the General Staff ( Joint Chiefs of Staff ), before being appointed in 2011 as Chief of Fleet Cyber ​​Command. The currently commanded by him in ten U.S. fleet represents the units of the U.S. Navy capabilities for cyberwarfare is available.

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted on the basis of the Order of Precedence of the Military Awards:

Keith B. Alexander Meritorious Service Medal (United States) The Washington Post
568879
de