The Honora William A. Navas Jr. This is Me

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1. 1. www.news.navy.mil

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   Published on: 8/8/2005   Last Visited: 8/27/2007

   The Honorable William A. Navas, Jr.
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   The Honorable William A. Navas, Jr. Mr. Navas was nominated on 6 June 2001 by President George W. Bush to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), and was sworn in on 17 July 2001.
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   Mr. Navas retired as a Major General and his last active duty assignment was as the Director, Army National Guard. As Director from 1995 to 1998, General Navas managed a $6 billion budget and was responsible for over 362,000 citizen-soldiers across 54 states and territories.
   
   Prior to this assignment, General Navas served in a variety of senior level positions in the Department of Defense, such as the Deputy Director Army National Guard, Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Military Executive of the Reserve Forces Policy Board and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense/Chief of Staff for Reserve Affairs.
   
   Mr. Navas is a native of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and was commissioned as a Regular Army officer in 1965. Lieutenant Navas first served with U.S. forces in the Federal Republic of Germany. He later commanded a Combat Engineer company in Vietnam. Captain Navas left active duty in 1970 and joined the Puerto Rico Army National Guard. In the Guard he commanded a Combat Engineer Company; and Military Police and Infantry Battalions.
   
   His military decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Army Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (two awards), Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Air Medal, and Army Commendation Medal (three awards), and numerous state awards.
   
   In addition to an undergraduate degree in civil engineering, Mr. Navas holds a Master of Science in Management Engineering from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. He has attended numerous military schools, including the Command and General Staff College, and the Inter-American Defense College. In addition, Mr. Navas attended the program for Senior Managers in Government at Harvard University.
   
   Mr. Navas has served as a member of numerous organizations including the American Veterans for Puerto Rico Self Determination, Minuteman Institute for National Defense Studies and the Army Engineer Association.

2. 2. www.henaac.org

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   Published on: 6/21/2008   Last Visited: 6/21/2008

   William Antonio Navas, Jr.Executive ExcellenceAssistant Secretary of the Navy Manpower & Reserve Affairs

3. 3. www.GovExec.com - The Decision Makers: Defense Department (8/26/05)

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   Published on: 8/26/2005   Last Visited: 9/9/2005

   William A. Navas Jr. Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs 703-697-2180
   
   Bush's choice to oversee the Navy's personnel -- including more than 842,000 active military, civilian, and reserve members -- started out as an Army man. In 1965, Navas was commissioned a regular Army officer, and he served tours of duty in Vietnam and Germany. He left the Army in 1970 as a captain. Navas is a native of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico. He joined the island's National Guard after leaving the Army and spent the 1970s working in land development, design, and construction. Between 1987 and 1998, he was an active-duty Army brigadier and major general, and he ended his uniformed career as director of the Army National Guard. As the Navy's manpower chief, Navas has spent time restructuring the Naval and Marine Corps Reserves to better meet the needs of the war in Iraq and the global war on terror. He also will be knee-deep in implementing the Pentagon's new civil service system for the sea services. Navas, 62, earned his master's of science in management engineering at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut.