| Frank D. Whitworth | |
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| 8th Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 3 June 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Tonya Wilkerson |
| Preceded by | Robert D. Sharp |
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| Born | (1967-06-17) 17 June 1967 (age 57) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Relations | Darse Crandall (brother-in-law) |
| Education | |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1989–present |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
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Frank Dixon Whitworth III (born 17 June 1967) is an active duty United States Navy vice admiral and career intelligence officer who serves as the eighth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency since 3 June 2022. He most recently served as the Director for Intelligence of the Joint Staff.
Early life and education
Born in Richmond, Virginia, Whitworth is a 1989 graduate of Duke University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He holds a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University, as well as a Diploma from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
Military career
Whitworth's command tours included Commander, Joint Intelligence Center Central; commanding officer, Navy Element of U.S. Central Command; and commanding officer, Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center.
Whitworth's operational tours included director of intelligence for U.S. Africa Command, director of intelligence for Joint Special Operations Command, director of intelligence and deputy director of Maritime Operations Center for Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Fifth Fleet; director of intelligence for a Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan during three deployments supporting Operation Enduring Freedom; director of intelligence for Naval Special Warfare Development Group; special assistant for Political-Military Affairs at U.S. Sixth Fleet during Operation Allied Force; indications and warning Officer at U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Fifth Fleet, in support of Operation Desert Storm; and intelligence officer for Fighter Squadron 31 during USS Forrestal's deployment in support of Operation Provide Comfort.
Whitworth's shore-based tours included the National Security Agency as chief of targets for the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility; Navy federal executive fellow to American Enterprise Institute; senior duty officer at the White House Situation Room; intelligence briefer for the Chief of Naval Operations and Secretary of the Navy; and intelligence watch analyst at the Office of Naval Intelligence and the National Military Joint Intelligence Center.
In July 2021, he was nominated and confirmed for promotion to vice admiral. He was promoted to his present rank on 30 July 2021.
Awards and decorations
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He is also a recipient of the Edwin T. Layton Leadership Award, Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Leadership Award and the Army's Knowlton Award for excellence in intelligence.
Personal life
Whitworth is the son of Frank Dixon Whitworth Jr. and Kay Sutton Whitworth.
Whitworth married Amy Beth Crandall on 5 September 1992 in Alexandria, Virginia. His wife is the younger sister of Navy judge advocate Darse E. Crandall Jr.
References
- "Dr. F. Dixon Whitworth". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Certificate of Birth". Births, 1721–2015. No. 33995. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Health. 1967.
- ^ "Marriage Return". No. 92–048538. Richmond, Virginia: Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Health-Division of Vital Records. 9 September 1992.
- Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty. Bureau of Naval Personnel. 1 October 1990. p. 233. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- "Rear Adm. Frank D. Whitworth". Joint Staff. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "PN1609 — Vice Adm. Frank D. Whitworth III — Navy, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". U.S. Congress. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- "Flag Officer Announcement". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- "PN822 — Rear Adm. Frank D. Whitworth III — Navy". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- "August 2021 Roster (Public)" (PDF). MyNavyHR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- "Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth".
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government.
Media related to Frank D. Whitworth at Wikimedia Commons
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded byRobert V. Hoppa | Director of Intelligence of the United States Africa Command 2016–2018 |
Succeeded byHeidi Berg |
| Preceded bySteve Parode | Deputy Chief for Tailored Access Operations of the National Security Agency 2018–2019 |
Succeeded byMichael Groen |
| Preceded byMichael Groen | Director of Intelligence of the Joint Staff 2019–2022 |
Succeeded byDimitri Henry |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded byRobert D. Sharp | Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 2022–present |
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