Richard W. Butler
Richard W. Butler | |
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Birth name | Richard Wallace Butler[1] |
Born | 1959 (age 62–63)[2] |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1982–2016 |
Rank | Rear Admiral Lower Half |
Commands held | VFA-25 CVW-14 Joint Task Force Guantanamo Carrier Strike Group 4 |
Richard W. Butler is a retired aviator and officer in the United States Navy.[3][4]
He was the commandant of Joint Task Force Guantanamo from July 2013 to July 2014.[3]
Butler went on record as supporting President Barack Obama's plan to close the detention camp.[5]
Butler later served as the commanding officer of Carrier Strike Group 4 before retiring from active duty in 2016.[4]
Earlier in his career, Butler commanded Strike Fighter Squadron 25 and Carrier Air Wing 14.[4]
Butler is a 1982 graduate of the University of Kentucky. He later earned a master's degree from the National War College.[4]
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"PN673 — Navy". U.S. Congress. 1993-10-25. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
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Carol Rosenberg (2016-11-17). "Navy sending new commander to run President Trump's Guantánamo prison". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
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"United States Navy biography: Rear Admiral Richard W. Butler". United States Navy. 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
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Jason Leopold (2013-12-12). "New Guantanamo commander supports closing facility". Guantanamo Bay: Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Navy Rear Adm. Richard Butler, commander of Joint Task Force-Guantanamo, said he agreed with Obama's pledge to shut down the detention facility, which in a month will mark 12 years since the first prisoners arrived, and has so far cost taxpayers $5 billion.
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External links[]
- Media related to Richard W. Butler at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- University of Kentucky alumni
- United States Naval Aviators
- National War College alumni
- Recipients of the Legion of Merit
- United States Navy admirals