# Paul Spedero Jr.

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{{Short description|U.S. Navy admiral}}
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*[Vice Director of the Joint Staff](/source/Vice_Director_of_the_Joint_Staff)
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'''Paul C. Spedero Jr.''' (born 1968)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD8BVZeVFP4C&pg=PA197 |title=Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty |date=October 1, 1990 |page=200 |publisher=Bureau of Naval Personnel |access-date=June 14, 2021}}</ref> is a [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) [rear admiral](/source/Rear_admiral_(United_States)) and [naval aviator](/source/United_States_Naval_Aviator) who has served as the [vice director of the Joint Staff](/source/vice_director_of_the_Joint_Staff) since July 2025. He most recently served as the vice director for operations of the [Joint Staff](/source/Joint_Staff) from 2023 to 2025.<ref name="July 2023 Roster">{{cite web|url=https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/July%202023%20Roster%20Public.pdf?ver=q8xmTSaBjQvK6LvpT6Nj_w%3D%3D|title=United States Navy Flag Officers (Public), July 2023|access-date=2023-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703045501/https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/July%202023%20Roster%20Public.pdf?ver=q8xmTSaBjQvK6LvpT6Nj_w%3D%3D|archive-date=2023-07-03|website=MyNavyHR}}</ref> He served as the commander of [Carrier Strike Group 8](/source/Carrier_Strike_Group_8) from 2022 to 2023,<ref name="11 Mar Flag">{{cite web|url=https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2964521/flag-officer-assignments/|title=Flag Officer Assignments|date=2022-03-11|access-date=2022-03-12|language=en-US|website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Jamaica|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/421889/commander-carrier-strike-group-8-holds-change-command|title=Commander Carrier Strike Group 8 holds Change of Command|date=2022-05-31|access-date=2022-06-02|publisher=Carrier Strike Group 8|website=DVIDS}}</ref> as commander of the [Joint Enabling Capabilities Command](/source/Joint_Enabling_Capabilities_Command) from 2021 to 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/28826|title=Webcast: JECC Change of Command|access-date=May 24, 2022|website=DVIDS}}</ref> and prior to that as director for fleet integrated readiness and analysis on the staff of the [United States Fleet Forces Command](/source/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jecc.mil/Portals/21/Documents/JECC%20PC%20Registration/JECC%20CG_RDML%20Spedero_Dec%202020%20Bio.pdf?ver=pWqncLk-K2W0RSRKswtFnA%3d%3d|title=JECC Commander|access-date=2021-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2516441/flag-officer-assignments/|title=Flag Officer Assignments|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE}}</ref>

Spedero's command tours include serving as commanding officer of the {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower|CVN-69}} from 2015 to 2018, commanding officer of {{USS|Peleliu|LHA-5}} from 2013 to its decommissioning in 2015 and commander of the "Sidewinders" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA)-86.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://libn.com/2018/08/17/port-jefferson-native-assumes-command-of-aircraft-carrier/ | title=Port Jefferson native assumes command of aircraft carrier &#124; Long Island Business News | date=August 17, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2293993/uss-dwight-d-eisenhower-change-command|title=USS Dwight D. Eisenhower change of command|website=DVIDS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/uncategorised/newsus-navy-decommissions-uss-peleliu-4545317/|title=US Navy decommissions USS Peleliu|newspaper=Naval Technology|date=April 2015 |author1=Admin }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.militarynews.com/norfolk-navy-flagship/news/top_stories/vfa-86-honors-ike-co/article_43218c12-e67d-521f-b6ea-8b3e996c6f0e.html|title=VFA-86 Honors Ike CO|first=MC2 Hillary Browning &#124; USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Public|last=Affairs|website=Military News|date=December 14, 2015 }}</ref> 

A native of [Springfield, Massachusetts](/source/Springfield%2C_Massachusetts), Spedero earned his commission from the [NROTC](/source/NROTC) program in [Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute](/source/Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute) in 1990 with a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, and was designated a naval aviator in 1992. He earned an M.A. degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the [Naval War College](/source/Naval_War_College), an M.S. degree in Engineering Management from [Old Dominion University](/source/Old_Dominion_University), and a degree in French from the [Defense Language Institute](/source/Defense_Language_Institute).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Biographies/BioDisplay/Article/2236495/rear-admiral-paul-spedero-jr/|title=Rear Admiral Paul Spedero Jr.|website=www.navy.mil}}</ref>

In February 2023, he was nominated for promotion to [rear admiral](/source/Rear_admiral_(United_States)).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/370?s=2&r=4|title=PN370 — Navy, 118th Congress (2023-2024)|date=2023-02-16|access-date=2022-02-18|website=U.S. Congress}}</ref> In July 2025, he was assigned as vice director of the Joint Staff.<ref name="July 2025 Roster">{{cite web|url=https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/July%202025%20Public%20Roster.pdf?ver=13F8fjV8TPyoiLnobPlNBg%3D%3D|title=United States Navy Flag Officers (Public), July 2025|access-date=2025-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702041820/https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/Detailing/Flag/July%202025%20Public%20Roster.pdf?ver=13F8fjV8TPyoiLnobPlNBg%3D%3D|archive-date=2025-07-02|website=MyNavyHR}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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