Garland Wright

Garland P. Wright
Rear Admiral Garland Wright
Nickname(s)	Gar
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1977--present
Rank	Rear Admiral
Unit	Multi-National Force-Iraq, TF-134
Commands held	Constellation 0294 Tactical Support Center 1294 Naval Air Station North Island Force Protection/Law Enforcement Physical Security Unit 0194 Commander, Naval Air Force, United States Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC) 1094 Task Force 134
Battles/wars	Iraq War
Awards	Legion of Merit Bronze Star Meritorious Service Medal Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal Navy Achievement Medal
Spouse(s)	Mary Wright

Garland "Gar" P. Wright is a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and deputy chief, Navy Reserve. He is a 1977 graduate of the United States Naval Academy where he was co-captain of Navy’s first National Championship Sailing team and named an intercollegiate “All American."

After designation as a Naval Flight Officer (NFO), he joined the Sea Control Squadron (VS) 38 “Red Griffins”, completing two Western Pacific deployments aboard USS Constellation (CV-64). His next assignment was with VS-41, where he served as a Fleet Readiness Squadron (FRS) instructor and Tactics Training Department Head, with concurrent duty as the Anti-submarine Warfare Sea Control Wing Pacific (ASWWINGPAC) Tactical Development/Evaluation officer and AIREM/BGAREM exercise officer.

In 1986 he accepted a reserve commission and was assigned to the VS-0294 "Moonlighters", serving sequentially as NFO NATOPS, Training officer, and Maintenance officer. He was reassigned to ASWWINGPAC 0194 as the FRS augment team Officer in Charge (OIC) when VS-0294 was disestablished in 1991.

Rear Adm. Wright’s Command tours included: Constellation 0294, Tactical Support Center 1294, Naval Air Station North Island 0194, Force Protection/Law Enforcement Physical Security Unit 0194, and Commander, Naval Air Force, United States Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC) 1094. Non-command assignments included serving as Operations Officer for Joint Force Air Component Command (JFACC) 0194, and Operations Officer for Area Air Defense Command Pacific (AADCPAC).

In 1998 he was selected to join an initial cadre of officers to launch the Navy Reserve Officer Leadership Course (OLC). From 1999 to 2002 he served as an adjunct instructor at the Command Leadership School, in Newport, Rhode Island, and in 2000 he was appointed as force-wide director for Navy Reserve Leadership Training.