The Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership is a United States Navy award established in 1980 by United States Secretary of the Navy Edward Hidalgo to honor the inspirational leadership of James Stockdale, a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War, who exhibited exemplary leadership while a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for nearly eight years. The award was first presented in 1981.
Award criteria Each year two commanding officers of either a surface warship, aviation squadron, submarine, or SEAL team below the grade of Captain are selected, one for the United States Atlantic Fleet and one from the United States Pacific Fleet. A board of peer-nominated officers, one from the Atlantic and one for the Pacific, select the winners, based on the five criteria of inspirational leadership that Vice Admiral Stockdale identified in his writing and teaching on leadership. OPNAV Instruction 3590.23F of 26 February 2007 These criteria are: Moralist: Have a commitment to a personal code of ethical conduct. Jurist: Demonstrate ability to establish policy which can be implemented and obeyed in the most difficult of circumstances. Teacher: Being an example of self-discipline and sensitivity to others with balanced perspective, creating organizational pride, job satisfaction, and a motivational climate. Steward: Being an example of personal commitment and an example to others in the maintenance of standards and loyalty. Philosopher: Show the ability to reason, explain the essence of reality, and recognize the need for forethought in dealing with uncertainty.
Award winners
YearAtlanticPacific1981CDR John J. CoonanCDR Philip M. Qwast1982CDR E.L. WatkinsCDR G.R. Fister1983CDR J.B. JohnstonCDR William J. Hancock1984CDR Frank L. YusiCDR Edward K. Kristensen1985CDR Larry L. ErnstCDR W. Hudson1986CDR M.A. RogersCDR B.J. Coyle1987CDR C.W. MooreCDR Michael Mullen1988CDR W.J. RifferCDR J. Grossenbacher1989CDR R.M. WikstromCDR Thomas B. Fargo1990CDR J.C. HollowayCDR A.R. Gorthy1991CDR F.J. DobrydneyCDR T.L. Travis1992CDR B.W. CaveyCDR Jonathan W. Greenert1993No AwardCDR C.A. Miletich1994CDR R.D. JenkinsCDR R.C. Massey1995CDR J.T. BaderCDR F.M. Drennan1996CDR R.D. HollandCDR James P. Wisecup1997CDR J.L. ClarkCDR M.W. Kenny1998CDR M.E. KosnickCDR Cecil D. Haney1999CDR Walter E. Carter Jr.CDR Bruce E. Grooms2000CDR M.D. DavisCDR R. Hennegan2001CDR Jeffery Scott JonesCDR John M. Richardson2002CDR Peter H. YoungCDR John W. Covell2003CDR Kevin J. KovacichCDR Charles M. Gaouette2004CDR Scott D. ConnCDR Lee R. Hankins2005CDR Robert P. BurkeCDR James W. Kilby2006CDR Richard L. ClemmonsCDR Brian T. Howes2007CDR Frank J. OlmoCDR Craig A. Clapperton2008CDR Robert SmithCDR Paul J. Lyons2009CDR William J. Parker IIICDR Robert A. Baughman2010CDR Jeffrey M. GrimesCDR Michael A. McCartney2011CDR Robert B. Chadwick IICDR Gerald N. Miranda, Jr.2012CDR Brian L. SittlowCDR Chase D. Patrick2013CDR Leif E. MolloCDR Richard N. Massie2014CDR Thomas J. DickinsonCDR Gavin Duff2015CDR Anthony S. GraysonCDR Matthew J. Duffy2016CDR Ken J. KleinschnittgerCDR Gary G. Montalvo2017CDR Eric M. SagerCDR Brian M. Drechsler2018CDR Allen M. SiegristCDR Michael T. Lisa2019CDR Patrick O’LoughlinCDR Carl Trask2020CDR William H. WileyCDR Bradley D. Geary2021CDR Ronald H. RumfeltCDR Steven C. Lawrence2022CDR Adam J. ThomasCDR John W. Keefe 2023CDR David B. BurkeCDR Jeffrey C. Fassbender 2024CDR Justin B. SmithCDR Jason M. Garfield 2025CDR Desmond WalkerCDR Joseph Campbell
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