Michael Colley

Vice Admiral Michael C. Colley, USN (Ret.), is a retired United States Navy officer whose naval career included several high-ranking commands in the U.S. submarine force. Since leaving the Navy, Colley has been active in the National Security Policy and Analysis field and serves on the National Committee of the United States Libertarian Party.

Colley graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy. He had sea duty assignments on several nuclear-powered submarines and was Commanding Officer of the attack submarine USS Narwhal. Other operational assignments included command of the submarine tender Proteus in Guam and the Navy's largest submarine squadron in Groton, Connecticut. During the Gulf War, he was commander of the Pacific Fleet submarine force of over 40 boats from his headquarters at Pearl Harbor. He was also Commander for Navy Recruiting for three years. Earlier, he was Director, Division of Mathematics and Science (including the departments of math, physics, chemistry, oceanography and computer science) at the Naval Academy.

References

[1] www.csp.navy.mil/admirals/colley.htm

[2] www.lp.org/leadership