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Frank D. Whitworth

{{short description|U.S. Navy admiral}}

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{{Use American English|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Frank D. Whitworth

| image = Vice Adm. Frank D. Whitworth III (2).jpg

| office = 8th Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

| president = Joe Biden

| deputy = Tonya Wilkerson

| term_start = 3 June 2022

| predecessor = Robert D. Sharp

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|6|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

| death_date =

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| branch = United States Navy

| serviceyears = 1989–present

| rank = Vice Admiral

| commands = {{plainlist|

| mawards = {{ubl|Defense Superior Service Medal (3)|Legion of Merit|Bronze Star (4)|Defense Meritorious Service Medal (5)}}

| education = {{plainlist|

| relations = Darse Crandall (brother-in-law)

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Frank Dixon Whitworth III{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesdispatch/name/f-whitworth-obituary?id=5382918 |title=Dr. F. Dixon Whitworth |date=June 21, 2004 |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |access-date=July 16, 2021}} (born 17 June 1967){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD8BVZeVFP4C&pg=PA233 |title=Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty |date=October 1, 1990 |page=233 |publisher=Bureau of Naval Personnel |access-date=July 16, 2021}} is an active duty United States Navy vice admiral and career intelligence officer who serves as the eighth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency since 3 June 2022. He most recently served as the Director for Intelligence of the Joint Staff.{{cite web|url=https://www.jcs.mil/Leadership/Article-View/Article/1855415/rear-adm-frank-d-whitworth/|title=Rear Adm. Frank D. Whitworth|agency=Joint Staff|access-date=August 25, 2020}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1609?s=1&r=43|title=PN1609 — Vice Adm. Frank D. Whitworth III — Navy, 117th Congress (2021-2022)|date=2022-01-05|access-date=2022-01-06|website=U.S. Congress}}{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2893796/flag-officer-announcement/|title=Flag Officer Announcement|access-date=2021-01-11|language=en-US|website=U.S. Department of Defense}}

Early life and education

Born in Richmond, Virginia,{{cite news |title=Certificate of Birth |date=1967 |issue=33995 |magazine=Births, 1721–2015 |publisher=Virginia Department of Health |location=Richmond, Virginia}} Whitworth is a 1989 graduate of Duke University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He holds a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University, as well as a Diploma from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Military career

Whitworth's command tours included Commander, Joint Intelligence Center Central; commanding officer, Navy Element of U.S. Central Command; and commanding officer, Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center.

Whitworth's operational tours included director of intelligence for U.S. Africa Command, director of intelligence for Joint Special Operations Command, director of intelligence and deputy director of Maritime Operations Center for Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Fifth Fleet; director of intelligence for a Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan during three deployments supporting Operation Enduring Freedom; director of intelligence for Naval Special Warfare Development Group; special assistant for Political-Military Affairs at U.S. Sixth Fleet during Operation Allied Force; indications and warning Officer at U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Fifth Fleet, in support of Operation Desert Storm; and intelligence officer for Fighter Squadron 31 during {{USS|Forrestal}}'s deployment in support of Operation Provide Comfort.

Whitworth's shore-based tours included the National Security Agency as chief of targets for the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility; Navy federal executive fellow to American Enterprise Institute; senior duty officer at the White House Situation Room; intelligence briefer for the Chief of Naval Operations and Secretary of the Navy; and intelligence watch analyst at the Office of Naval Intelligence and the National Military Joint Intelligence Center.

In July 2021, he was nominated and confirmed for promotion to vice admiral.{{Cite web|title=PN822 — Rear Adm. Frank D. Whitworth III — Navy|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/822|access-date=2021-07-14|website=U.S. Congress}} He was promoted to his present rank on 30 July 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/August%202021%20Roster%20Public.pdf?ver=f_bG78RpfqnBn8U4HpFk-g%3d%3d|title=August 2021 Roster (Public)|website=MyNavyHR|access-date=2021-08-06|archive-date=August 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806103033/https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/August%202021%20Roster%20Public.pdf?ver=f_bG78RpfqnBn8U4HpFk-g%3D%3D|url-status=dead}}

Awards and decorations

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|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Commendation ribbon.svg|width=106}}

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colspan="6"|Information Warfare Dominance Officer insignia
colspan="6"|Defense Superior Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters
colspan="2"|Legion of Merit

|colspan="2"|Bronze Star Medal with three gold award stars

|colspan="2"|Defense Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters

colspan="2"|Meritorious Service Medal with award star

|colspan="2"|Joint Service Commendation Medal

|colspan="2"|Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with award star

colspan="2"|Joint Service Achievement Medal

|colspan="2"|Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

|colspan="2"|Combat Action Ribbon

colspan="2"|Navy Presidential Unit Citation

|colspan="2"|Joint Meritorious Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters

|colspan="2"|Navy Unit Commendation

colspan="2"|Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation with one bronze service star

|colspan="2"|DIA Director's Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Biographies/BioDisplay/Article/2236361/vice-admiral-frank-whitworth/|title = Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth}}

|colspan="2"|National Defense Service Medal with service star

colspan="2"|Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

|colspan="2"|Southwest Asia Service Medal with service star

|colspan="2"|Kosovo Campaign Medal

colspan="2"|Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two service stars

|colspan="2"|Iraq Campaign Medal with three service stars

|colspan="2"|Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

colspan="2"|Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

|colspan="2"|Armed Forces Service Medal

|colspan="2"|Humanitarian Service Medal with service star

colspan="2"|Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with three service stars

|colspan="2"|Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon with service star

|colspan="2"|National Defence Medal in gold (France)

colspan="2"|NATO Medal for Kosovo

|colspan="2"|Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

|colspan="2"|Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon

colspan="6"|Command Ashore insignia
colspan="6"|Joint Chiefs of Staff Badge
colspan="6"|Presidential Service Badge

He is also a recipient of the Edwin T. Layton Leadership Award, Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Leadership Award and the Army's Knowlton Award for excellence in intelligence.

Personal life

Whitworth is the son of Frank Dixon Whitworth Jr. and Kay Sutton Whitworth.{{cite news |title=Marriage Return |date=September 9, 1992 |issue=92–048538 |publisher=Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Health-Division of Vital Records |location=Richmond, Virginia}}

Whitworth married Amy Beth Crandall on 5 September 1992 in Alexandria, Virginia. His wife is the younger sister of Navy judge advocate Darse E. Crandall Jr.

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Category:1967 births

Category:Living people

Category:Military personnel from Richmond, Virginia

Category:Duke University alumni

Category:Georgetown University alumni

Category:Naval War College alumni

Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit

Category:United States Navy rear admirals (upper half)

Category:Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal

Category:Directors of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

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