Vadm david architzel biography

David Architzel (born 1951) is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy.
Vice Admiral Architzel is a native of Ogdensburg, New York and Long Island.
After 40 years of service, he retired as a Vice Admiral in 2012.

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Meet retired Vice Admiral David Architzel at free downtown event

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Meet retired Vice Admiral David Architzel as he makes an appearance at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, 303 Pearl St. NW, on Thursday Jan. 15 at 7 p.m.

As part of the museum’s current exhibit, "Taking the Seas: The Rise of the American Aircraft Carrier," Architzel will discuss the history behind the ships that play a vital military role for our country. The exhibit details the first efforts at the close of World War I, to the central role the carrier played in winning World War II, to the newest super-carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford. Patrons can view key artifacts, documents and video of the rise of the American carrier.

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Architzel’s discussion is titled "The Ford Class - The Next Generation: The Evolution of U.S. Aircraft Carriers." The vice admiral retired in September 2012 after more than 40 years of naval service. Most recently he was commander of Nav

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Vice Adm. David Architzel is the commander of Naval Air Systems Command, headquartered in Patuxent River, Md.

His previous assignments included serving as the principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition); program executive officer for Aircraft Carriers; commander of Operational Test and Evaluation Force, Norfolk; commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic; commander, Naval Safety Center, Norfolk; commander, Iceland Defense Force; and commander, Fleet Air Keflavik.

At sea, Architzel served as the executive officer, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and Pre-Commissioning Unit John C. Stennis (CVN 74). He served as the commanding officer, USS Guam (LPH 9), flagship for Commander Amphibious Squadron (CPR) 2; and the sixth commanding officer of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

A career naval aviator, Architzel has accumulated more than 5,000 flight hours, 4,300 of those hours in the S-3, and the remainder in some 30 other aircraft types in his role as a test pilot at NAS Patuxent River. He served in

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David Architzel

United States admiral

David Architzel (born 1951)^[1] is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy. His last assignment was as Commander of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).

Vice Admiral Architzel was relieved by Vice Admiral David A. Dunaway and retired from nearly four decades of service on September 20, 2012.^[2]

Biography

Architzel was born in Ogdensburg, New York. He grew up in Merrick, New York and has one brother, Ralph, and two sisters, Reba and Anne Fleming. Architzel graduated from Sanford H. Calhoun High School in 1969. Among his classmates were Bennett "Ben" Cohen, Jerry Greenfield and his twin sister Anne.^[3]^[4]

Architzel graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1973 with a B.S. degree in mathematics. He later earned an M.S. degree in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida.^[5]

Architzel served as the commanding officer of USS Guam from 1994 to 1996.^[6] He became the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt on November 1, 1996.