Stuart B. Munsch

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

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

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| name = Stuart B. Munsch

| image = Munsch_Official_Portrait,_2022.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}

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| allegiance = United States

| branch = United States Navy

| serviceyears = 1985–present

| rank = Admiral

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• United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa
• Allied Joint Force Command Naples
• Submarine Development Squadron 5
• Submarine Group 7
• {{USS|Albuquerque}}

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| awards = {{ubl|Defense Distinguished Service Medal (2)|Navy Distinguished Service Medal|Defense Superior Service Medal|Legion of Merit (5)}}

| alma_mater = {{ubl | United States Naval Academy (BS) | University of Oxford (BA, MA) }}

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| module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Opening Statement of VADM Stuart B. Munsch at a HASC Subcommittee Hearing on the National Defense Strategy.ogg|title=Stuart B. Munsch's voice|type=speech|description=Munsch's opening statement at a House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee hearing on the 2022 National Defense Strategy
Recorded May 18, 2022}}

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Stuart Benjamin Munsch{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/99th-congress/60?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22munsch%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=11|title=PN60 — Civilian|access-date=2021-05-08|website=U.S. Congress|date=February 23, 1985}} (born 1962){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD8BVZeVFP4C&pg=PA186 |title=Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty |date=October 1, 1990 |page=106 |publisher=Bureau of Naval Personnel |access-date=July 6, 2021}} is a United States Navy admiral who serves as the commander of United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa and commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples since 27 June 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3075512/munsch-assumes-command-of-us-naval-forces-europe-africa/|title=Munsch assumes command of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa|date=June 27, 2022|access-date=June 28, 2022|website=U.S. Navy}} He most recently served as the director for joint force development, J7, of the Joint Staff from 2020 to 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.jcs.mil/Leadership/Article-View/Article/2308664/vice-adm-stuart-b-munsch/|title=Vice Adm. Stuart B. Munsch|agency=Joint Staff|access-date=August 26, 2020}} {{PD-notice}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.executivegov.com/2020/05/vice-adm-stuart-munsch-nominated-as-joint-staff-director-for-force-development/|title = Vice Adm. Stuart Munsch Nominated as Joint Staff Director for Force Development|date = May 14, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2019/11/12/navy-quietly-stands-up-warfighting-development-directorate-opnav-n7|title = Navy Quietly Stands up Warfighting Development Directorate (OPNAV N7)|date = November 12, 2019}}

Munsch is also the Navy's Old Goat, the longest serving United States Naval Academy graduate on active duty, having received the title and accompanying decanter from John C. Aquilino on 26 June 2024.{{cite web|last=Hardgrove|first=Samuel|url=https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/News-Display/Article/3820698/naveur-navaf-commander-becomes-us-navys-old-goat/|title=NAVEUR-NAVAF Commander becomes U.S. Navy's Old Goat|date=2024-06-28|access-date=2024-07-07|publisher=U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Public Affairs|location=Washington, D. C.|website=U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa}}