Vice Admiral David Architzel, USN (Retired)
Chairman, Theodore Roosevelt Association
Friday, 1:15 PM
Welcome Comments, Symposium Day 1
Friday, 4:45 PM
State of the TRA
Saturday, 6:30 PM
Presentation of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Junior Officer Leadership Award
Concluding Remarks
Since retiring from the Navy in 2012, Vice Admiral Architzel has had several roles in the private sector. He is currently the Senior Advisor to the President of the Miller Group on Strategic Initiatives, before which he was Vice President for Maritime Operations with Fairlead Integrated Inc. He was also at the Defense Acquisitions University advising on acquisition matters. He was LSO with the Fairlead and Miller group and was director of military affairs at Old Dominion University, where he was the principle advisor to the President on all military related issues and served as the University’s liaison with DOD and other military operations. After 40 years of service, he retired as a Vice Admiral in 2012. His last assignment was as Commander, Naval Air Systems Command headquartered in Patuxent River, Md. Prior to that he was Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research, Development and Acquisition. His other flag assignments included Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers and as Commander of several other operations. At sea, he served as Commanding Officer Sea Control Squadron Thirty (VS-30), Executive officer, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) and Pre-commissioning Unit John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Commanding Officer, USS GUAM (LPH 9); flagship for Commander Amphibious Squadron (CPR) 2; and as the sixth Commanding officer of USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71).