Sandy Daniels
Sandy Lee Daniels[1] (born 1958[2]) is a retired Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.[3] Sandy has six nieces, two nephews, five great nieces and two great nephews.
Education
[edit]Career
[edit]Daniels attended Groveton High School in Fairfax County, Virginia and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1980 as a member of the first group of females admitted to USNA. In 1982, she was designated a naval aviator. Among her ensuing assignments was piloting the Lockheed P-3 Orion on oceanographic research missions.
In 1991, Daniels transferred to the United States Navy Reserve. Her assignments afterwards include serving with the National Reconnaissance Office, Naval Space Command, United States Strategic Command before joining the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, returning to Strategic Command stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, serving as a space advisor to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations and becoming Reserve Deputy Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet. On 20 February 2014, she assumed the position of Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group/Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group Pacific, and was expected to remain in the role until the summer of 2015.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "PN1465 — Navy". United States Congress. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Reserve Officers on the Active-Duty List. Bureau of Naval Personnel. 1 October 1984. p. 117. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "REAR ADMIRAL SANDY DANIELS". United States Navy. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Patrol and Reconnaissance changes command". 25 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- 1958 births
- Living people
- United States Naval Academy alumni
- Women United States Naval Aviators
- Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration alumni
- United States Navy reservists
- Female admirals of the United States Navy
- United States Navy rear admirals (upper half)
- George Washington University alumni