Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Service Years
1974 - 2010
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Personal Details
Home State
New Jersey
Year of Birth 1951
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Last Address Vice Adm. Moeller died on 28 March 2011 from Lou Gehrig's disease and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Date of Passing Mar 28, 2011
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
DEPUTY FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND
Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command Director, Strategy, Plans and Policy Special Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Central Command Cruiser Destroyer Group 1 Ronald Reagan Strike Group Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, Policy and Training Director for Operations, Joint Task Force - 519 for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Vice Admiral Robert T. Moeller assumed duties as the deputy military operations, U.S. Africa Command August 2007.
Moeller, a New Jersey native and son of a World War II Navy veteran, graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1974 receiving his commission from the Notre Dame NROTC program.
Trained as a surface warfare officer, Moeller has served in a variety of sea and shore assignments, including joint duty. At sea, his assignments included USS Albany (CG 10), flagship for Commander, 2nd and 6th Fleets, where he served as talos fire control officer and boilers officer; USS Julius A. Furer (FFG 6); combat systems and material officer on the staff of Commander, Destroyer Squadron 36; USS Valley Forge (CG 50) as pre-commissioning engineer officer; USS Belknap (CG 26), flagship for Commander, 6th Fleet, as both executive officer and later commanding officer (CO) and USS Port Royal (CG 73) as CO.
His CO tour in Belknap included initial Partnership for Peace operations, United Nations/North Atlantic Treaty Organization Operations Provide Promise and Deny Flight, and the first Navy visits to Odessa, Ukraine and Novorossiysk, Russia. During his command of Port Royal, the ship received her third and fourth consecutive Battle E awards, and installed and employed Linebacker, the Navy's first TBMD capability.
Ashore, Moeller has served in OPNAV in the Systems Analysis Division (OP 96) as surface ASW and IUSS analyst; the Program Resource Appraisal Division (OP 91) as Net Assessment analyst; SECNAV Office of Program Appraisal (OPA) as Surface Warfare and C4I analyst; OSD's Office of Director Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) as Maritime Warfare analyst; and CO, Surface Warfare Officers School.
In 1989, Moeller was selected as the Navy Federal Executive Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has earned a master's degree in National Security Studies from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
Moeller served as deputy chief of staff for Operations, Plans, Policy and Training (N3N5N7) and as director for Operations (J3), Joint Task Force (JTF) - 519 for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet from May 2001 through August 2003 and as commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group 1/Commander, Ronald Reagan Strike Group from August 2003 through August 2004. Moeller served as the director, Strategy, Plans and Policy (J5) and as special assistant to the Commander, U.S. Central Command from August 2004 through August 2007.
Moeller's awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal with Gold Leaf second award, the Legion of Merit with three Gold Stars, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two Gold Stars, and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a Gold Star.
Vice Adm. Moeller retired in April 2010 and died on 28 March 2011 from Lou Gehrig's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on 27 July 2011.
NAVADMIN 111/11 - PASSING OF VADM ROBERT T. MOELLER, USN(RET)//
Date
Mar 28, 2011
Last Updated: Jul 27, 2012
Comments
NAVADMIN 111/11 - PASSING OF VADM ROBERT T. MOELLER, USN(RET)// October 12, 2011 Posted by NavAdmin under NAVADMIN, NAVADMIN 2011
R 301656Z MAR 11 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N00// TO NAVADMIN NAVADMIN 111/11 SUBJ/PASSING OF VADM ROBERT T. MOELLER, USN(RET)//
RMKS/1. IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS THAT I REPORT THE PASSING OF VICE ADMIRAL ROBERT T. MOELLER, USN(RET) ON 28 MARCH 2011. BOB WAS THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL WHO SERVED OUR NATION FOR 36 YEARS. HE WAS A DEDICATED HUSBAND, WONDERFUL FRIEND, SHIPMATE, AND FATHER WHOSE LIFE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON ALL HE TOUCHED. WHILE HIS PASSING IS A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO THE NAVY FAMILY, WE TAKE PAUSE AND CELEBRATE HIS REMARKABLE LIFE.
2. VADM MOELLER WAS A CLASS OF 1974 NROTC GRADUATE OF NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY. AN ACCOMPLISHED SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER, HE SERVED IN NUMEROUS FRIGATES AND CRUISERS INCLUDING COMMAND OF USS BELKNAP (CG 26) AND USS PORT ROYAL (CG 73). IN COMMAND, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE, UNITED NATIONS-NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) OPERATIONS "PROVIDE PROMISE" AND "DENY FLIGHT," AND THE FIRST U.S. NAVY VISITS TO ODESSA, UKRAINE, AND NOVOROSSIYSK, RUSSIA. WHILE COMMANDING PORT ROYAL HE INTRODUCED THE NAVY'S FIRST THEATER BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE CAPABILITY. AS A FLAG OFFICER, VADM MOELLER COMMANDED CRUISER DESTROYER GROUP ONE AND THE RONALD REAGAN STRIKE GROUP. HE SERVED AS DIRECTOR, STRATEGY, PLANS AND POLICY (J5) AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMMANDER AT U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND; AND AS DEPUTY FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND, WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN APRIL 2010.
3. AFTER RETIREMENT, VADM MOELLER CONTINUED HIS LIFE OF DEDICATED SERVICE JOINING THE AFRICA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES WHERE HE PURSUED POLICY-DIRECTED RESEARCH ON AFRICAN SECURITY ISSUES.
4. VADM MOELLER IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MARY "SPARKS" AND TWO DAUGHTERS.
5. RELEASED BY ADMIRAL G. ROUGHEAD, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.//
