# Craig Clapperton > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Craig_Clapperton > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Craig_Clapperton.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Clapperton > Source revision: 1352390520 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Retired American admiral (born 1967)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use American English|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = Craig A. Clapperton | honorific_suffix = | image = Craig A. Clapperton (5).jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Clapperton as a vice admiral, 2022 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | other_name = | nickname = Clap | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates = | allegiance = [United States](/source/United_States) | branch = [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) | branch_label = | service_years = 1989–2025 | service_years_label = | rank = [Vice Admiral](/source/Vice_admiral_(United_States)) | rank_label = | service_number = | unit = | commands = [United States Fleet Cyber Command](/source/United_States_Fleet_Cyber_Command)
[United States Tenth Fleet](/source/United_States_Tenth_Fleet)
Combined Joint Task Force, Cyber
[Carrier Strike Group 12](/source/Carrier_Strike_Group_12)
{{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71}}
{{USS|Mount Whitney|LCC-20}}
[VAQ-141](/source/VAQ-141) | battles = | battles_label = | awards = [Defense Superior Service Medal](/source/Defense_Superior_Service_Medal)
[Legion of Merit](/source/Legion_of_Merit) (3)
[Air Medal](/source/Air_Medal_(United_States))
Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership | memorials = | alma_mater = [Pennsylvania State University](/source/Pennsylvania_State_University) ([BS](/source/Bachelor_of_Science))
[United States Naval War College](/source/United_States_Naval_War_College) ([MA](/source/Master_of_Arts)) | spouse = | children = | relations = | other_work = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = | module = }} '''Craig A. "Clap" Clapperton''' (born 1967){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD8BVZeVFP4C&q=Clapperton&pg=PA197 |title=Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty |date=October 1, 1990 |page=185 |publisher=Bureau of Naval Personnel |access-date=June 14, 2021}} is a retired [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) [vice admiral](/source/Vice_admiral_(United_States)) and [Naval Flight Officer](/source/Naval_flight_officer) who served as the commander of [U.S. Fleet Cyber Command](/source/U.S._Fleet_Cyber_Command) and the [United States Tenth Fleet](/source/United_States_Tenth_Fleet) from 4 August 2022 to 10 October 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/August%202022%20Roster%20(Public).pdf?ver=vzpStNm5N-p4bjS-A6TRVQ%3d%3d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802031031/https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/August%202022%20Roster%20%28Public%29.pdf?ver=vzpStNm5N-p4bjS-A6TRVQ%3D%3D|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 August 2022|title=United States Navy Flag Officers (Public), August 2022|date=2022-08-01|access-date=2022-08-02|website=MyNavyHR}} He most recently served as the commander of Combined Joint Task Force, Cyber from 30 June 2021 to 7 June 2022. He previously served as commander of [Carrier Strike Group 12](/source/Carrier_Strike_Group_12) from 7 May 2020 to 17 June 2021. He was also deputy director of operations of [United States Cyber Command](/source/United_States_Cyber_Command), with command tours as commanding officer of the {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71}} from July 2015 to July 2017 and commanding officer of {{USS|Mount Whitney|LCC-20}} from November 2012 to July 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2591458/flag-officer-assignments/|title=Flag Officer Assignments|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2021/04/30/navy-announces-new-flag-assignments-including-new-undersea-warfare-director|title=Navy Announces New Flag Assignments; Including New Undersea Warfare Director|date=April 30, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/July%202021%20Roster%20(Public).pdf?ver=Uo9Pv4FbsCXUs97H0t5s8g%3d%3d|title=July 2021 Roster (Public)|access-date=2021-07-10|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182322/https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/July%202021%20Roster%20(Public).pdf?ver=Uo9Pv4FbsCXUs97H0t5s8g%3d%3d|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2663664/carrier-strike-group-12-holds-change-of-command/|title=Carrier Strike Group 12 Holds Change of Command|website=United States Navy}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/369452/carrier-strike-group-12-holds-change-command|title=Carrier Strike Group 12 Holds Change of Command|website=DVIDS}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/399211/carrier-strike-group-12-holds-change-command|title=Carrier Strike Group 12 Holds Change of Command|website=DVIDS}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/military/article_bdda4c81-13c3-5229-888e-61d330c26fda.html|title=Aircraft carrier Roosevelt, strike group get new captains while deployed|first=Mike|last=Hixenbaugh|website=pilotonline.com|date=July 21, 2015 }}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2017/07/30/change-of-command-for-san-diego-based-uss-theodore-roosevelt/|title=Change of Command for San Diego-Based USS Theodore Roosevelt|first=Chris|last=Jennewein|date=July 31, 2017|website=Times of San Diego}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sd-me-roosevelt-command-20170727-story.html|title=The 'Big Stick' gets a new skipper|first=Carl|last=Prine|website=baltimoresun.com|date=July 27, 2017 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/navy-fires-two-more-commanders-1.197792|title=Navy fires two more commanders|website=Stars and Stripes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uscarriers.net/lcc20history.htm|title=USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC-20) HISTORY|access-date=2021-06-29}} He also commanded the Shadowhawks of [Electronic Attack Squadron 141 (VAQ-141)](/source/VAQ-141), relinquishing command in September 2007 to Commander Michael D. McKenna.{{cite web|url=https://www.mcasiwakuni.marines.mil/Portals/112/Docs/news-section/kintaishimbun/Shimbun070914.pdf|page=3|title=The Kintai Shimbun|date=2007-09-14}} A native of [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](/source/Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania), Clapperton graduated from [Pennsylvania State University](/source/Pennsylvania_State_University) with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, commissioning via the [NROTC](/source/NROTC) program in 1989 and designated as a Naval Flight Officer upon completion of flight training in 1991. He would then go on to fly the [EA-6B Prowler](/source/EA-6B_Prowler) in various squadrons. In 2008, he earned an M.A. degree in National Strategy and Security Studies from the [United States Naval War College](/source/United_States_Naval_War_College) (with highest distinction) and was a member of the college's elite Stockdale group. He is also a distinguished graduate of the Navy Nuclear Power Training Command and completed nuclear power training in 2010. He was the 2007 recipient of the Admiral [James Bond Stockdale](/source/James_Stockdale) Award for Inspirational Leadership.{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Biographies/BioDisplay/Article/2236452/rear-admiral-craig-clapperton/|title=Rear Admiral Craig Clapperton|website=www.navy.mil}} In March 2023, Clapperton was nominated for reappointment as vice admiral, with the addition of [Navy Space Command](/source/Navy_Space_Command) to his assignment.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/492?s=1&r=6|title=PN492 — Vice Adm. Craig A. Clapperton — Navy, 118th Congress (2023-2024)|date=2023-03-30|access-date=2023-04-01|website=U.S. Congress}}{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3348557/flag-officer-announcements/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401000941/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3348557/flag-officer-announcements/|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 April 2023|title=Flag Officer Announcements|date=2023-03-31|access-date=2023-04-01|website=U.S. Department of Defense}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=[Ted R. Williams](/source/Ted_R._Williams)}} {{s-ttl|title=Commanding Officer of {{USS|Mount Whitney|LCC-20}}|years=2012–2014}} {{s-aft|after=[Mark J. Columbo](/source/Mark_J._Columbo)}} {{s-bef|before=[Daniel Grieco](/source/Daniel_Grieco)}} {{s-ttl|title=Commanding Officer of {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71}}|years=2015–2017}} {{s-aft|after=[Carlos A. Sardiello](/source/Carlos_A._Sardiello)}} {{s-bef|before=???}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Director of Operations of the [United States Cyber Command](/source/United_States_Cyber_Command)|years=2017–2018}} {{s-aft|after=[Paul T. Stanton](/source/Paul_T._Stanton)}} {{s-bef|before=[Michael E. Boyle](/source/Michael_E._Boyle)}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of [Carrier Strike Group 12](/source/Carrier_Strike_Group_12)|years=2020–2021}} {{s-aft|after=[Gregory C. Huffman](/source/Gregory_C._Huffman)}} {{s-new|office}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of Combined Joint Task Force, Cyber, [United States Tenth Fleet](/source/United_States_Tenth_Fleet)|years=2021–2022}} {{s-aft|after=[Darryl L. Walker](/source/Darryl_L._Walker)}} {{s-bef|before=[Ross A. Myers](/source/Ross_A._Myers)}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of [United States Fleet Cyber Command](/source/United_States_Fleet_Cyber_Command), [Navy Space Command](/source/Navy_Space_Command), and [United States Tenth Fleet](/source/United_States_Tenth_Fleet)|years=2022–2025}} {{s-aft|after=[Heidi Berg](/source/Heidi_Berg)}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Clapperton, Craig A.}} Category:Living people Category:United States Naval Academy alumni Category:Naval War College alumni Category:Military personnel from Pittsburgh Category:Military personnel from Pennsylvania Category:Pennsylvania State University alumni Category:Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit Category:Recipients of the Air Medal Category:United States Navy vice admirals Category:1967 births {{US-navy-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Craig Clapperton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Clapperton) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Clapperton?action=history)). 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