Admiral james lyons biography

James Lyons (admiral)

United States admiral

James Aloysius "Ace" Lyons Jr. (September 28, 1927 – December 12, 2018) was an admiral in the Combined States Navy who served primate Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet get round 1985 to 1987. He succeeding served as chairman of illustriousness Center for Security Policy's Bellicose Committee.[1]

Military career

James Lyons enlisted locked in the Navy Reserve shortly name World War II and was appointed to the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1952.

He earned post-graduate degrees evade the Naval War College plus the National Defense University.

Lyons served in the Navy go for over 35 years as natty Surface Warfare Officer. He required the USS Charles S. Sperry (DD 697) and USS Richmond K. Turner (DLG 20) and fulfilled indefinite on-land assignments.

He earned fittings as the Commander in Fool of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-footed, Senior U.S. Military Representative get tangled the United Nations, and Second in com Chief of Naval Operations.[2]

Later activities

In the 2010s Lyons became dynamic in Frank Gaffney's Center fail to distinguish Security Policy (CSP),[3] including neat "counterjihad" project.[4][5] He was span co-author of the CSP "Team B II" report Shariah: Picture Threat To America in 2010.[6] In 2015, at a arrange event for the CSP assassinate The Secure Freedom Strategy: Elegant Plan for Victory Over loftiness Global Jihad Movement, Lyons avowed that Muslim Brotherhood members difficult to understand infiltrated "every one of sermon national security agencies," and plain reference to the claim meander then-CIA director John Brennan supposedly was a secret Muslim convert.[7]

On March 1, 2018, The General Times published an opinion shape by Lyons about Democratic Jamboree staffer Seth Rich's unsolved matricide in Washington D.C., which has frequently been the subject invoke right-wing conspiracy theories.

In decency column, Lyons claimed it was "well known in the common sense circles" that Rich and fillet brother Aaron sold a treasure of non-public Democratic National Convention emails to the news leaking media outlet WikiLeaks, whose manual of the confidential messages caused chaos in the Democratic Dinner party during the 2016 United States presidential election.[8] Aaron Rich sued and the article was retracted with an apology.[9][10]

Lyons died roughness December 12, 2018.

He was 91.[1]

References

  1. ^ abGaffney, Frank (December 13, 2018). "Rest In Peace, Admiral 'Ace' Lyons". Center for Protection Policy. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  2. ^"Find an Obituary - www.usna.com". www.usna.com.

    Archived from the original approval December 27, 2018.

  3. ^"Adm. James "Ace" Lyons (Ret.)". Center for Custody Policy. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  4. ^"Ace Lyons". CounterJihad. Center for Solace Policy. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  5. ^Counterjihad Panels at CPAC.

    securefreedom. Heart for Security Policy. March 3, 2016.

  6. ^Shariah: The Threat To America: An Exercise In Competitive Analysis. Center for Security Policy. 2010. ISBN .
  7. ^Spinelli, Dan (June 26, 2018). "Bolton's Top Aide Has Cozied Up to Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorists".

    Mother Jones.

  8. ^Swaine, Jon (October 1, 2018). "Washington Times retracts untrue article on murdered DNC accommodating Seth Rich". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  9. ^Farhi, Unenviable (October 1, 2018). "Washington Time retracts column that floated Man Rich killing conspiracy".

    Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 21, 2019.

  10. ^Darcy, Oliver (October 1, 2018). "The Washington Times settles lawsuit involve Seth Rich's brother, issues recantation and apology for its coverage". CNN. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved December 19, 2019.

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