Commander Submarine Group Eight      

 Rear Admiral Munns

 Rear Admiral Munns assumed his current duty as Commander Submarine Group Eight in June 2000.

Rear Adm. Munns began his Naval career at the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating with distinction in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science Degree, majoring in Physics. Early tours have included billets as Division Officer, USS Seadragon (SSN-584) from November 1974 to May 1978; Instructor, NROTC Unit University of Colorado from August 1978 to December 1980; Engineer, USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) from August 1981 to March 1983; Navigator, USS New York City (SSN-684) from May 1983 to October 1984; Executive Officer, USS Florida (SSBN-728) (B) from January 1985 to January 1987; and Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff, CINCPACFLT from February 1987 to March 1989.

Rear Adm. Munns' first command assignment was as Commanding Officer of the USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687) from April 1990 to October 1992. During his command the ship was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation, two Navy Unit Commendations and three consecutive Battle "E" Awards.

Following this tour, Rear Adm. Munns completed a Pentagon tour from November 1992 to July 1994 with assignments on the OPNAV Staff working for the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations (N3/N5) first in the Strategic Concepts Branch (N513), then as the Branch Head Nuclear Affairs and International Negotiations Branch (N514) and lastly for the Strategic and Policy Divisions (N51).

Rear Adm. Munns was then assigned to Major Command as Commander, Submarine Squadron Twelve from July 1994 to August 1995 and was responsible for the operations, maintenance and training of eight nuclear submarines and for tactical development for the submarine force. In September 1995, he was selected by the Chief of Naval Operations as a fellow on the CNO's Strategic Studies Group. His nine month tasking was to create innovative operational concepts for Naval Operations in 2025 and beyond. From this post at the Naval War College he was detailed to serve from July 1996 to May 1998 as Chief of Staff, Commander Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet.  Deputy Chief of Staff for C4I, Resources, Requirements, and Assessments, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet on 1 April 1998 . As N6N8 he acts as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer for CINCPACFLT

Rear Adm. Munns has additional education which include a Masters of Science in Computer Science from the University of Colorado in December 1980 and attendance at MIT's Seminar XXI on Foreign Politics and International Relations from September 1993 to June 1994.

His personal decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (Two Awards), Legion of Merit (Three Awards), Meritorious Service Medal (Two Awards), Navy Commendation Medal (Three Awards), and the Navy Achievement Medal.

Biographical data is provided from www.navy.com.  Photo by Navy photo.