RADM John W. Bitoff ’58

Director, Plans and Policy | U.S. Navy

Education:

• B.S., Maine Maritime Academy, 1958 (D)
• National War College, 1976
• S., Golden Gate University, 1985
• Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, Golden Gate University, 1989

Commands:

• Commander, Maritime Defense Zone Pacific, Sector N. California
• Commander, Task Force Thirty-three
• Commander, Combat Logistics Group One
• Commander, Naval Base, San Francisco
• Commanding Officer, Fleet Combat Training Center, Atlantic
• Commanding Officer, USS Blakely

Significant Tours:

• Director, Plans and Policy, U.S. Commander in Chief, Europe, Stuttgart, Germany
• Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Executive Assistant and Senior Aide to the Commander in Chief, Pacific Command and Allied Forces, Southern Europe
• Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, headed NATO Office and the Strategy and Concepts Branch
• Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense