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John Rogers Galvin (* 13. Mai 1929 in Wakefield, Massachusetts; † 25. September 2015 in Jonesboro, Georgia) war ein General der US Army, von 1987 bis 1992 9. Supreme Allied Commander Europe und zugleich Kommandeur des US European Command, sowie vormaliger 6.
John Rogers Galvin (May 13, 1929 – September 25, 2015) was an American army general who served as the sixth dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a member of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century.
- 1954–1992
- United States Army
1. Okt. 2015 · Gen. John R. Galvin, who began his improbable military career as an aspiring cartoonist and went on to be the last Cold War supreme allied commander in Europe, died on Friday at his home in...
30. Sept. 2015 · John R. Galvin, a four-star Army general who served as the United States’ and NATO’s top military commander in Europe in the final years of the Cold War and whose foresight on counterinsurgency...
1. Okt. 2015 · Gen. Galvin remained as supreme commander in Europe until retiring in 1992. As the Soviet Union collapsed, he pivoted NATO strategy from one of Cold War defense to small-conflict peacekeeping, arguing for a “fire brigade” strategy in which troops were available in case conflict arose.
John R. Galvin, who rose from an enlisted man to a highly decorated four-star general, never forgot his modest roots. Known as the consummate soldier-scholar-statesman, Galvin went from an...
John Galvin served as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, Supreme Headquar-ters for Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE), and as commander in chief of the U.S. European Command from 1987-1992. Prior to that, he served for two years as com-mander in chief of the U.S. Southern Command.
