Stufflebeem biography

As a commissioned officer, Stufflebeem served operational tours in a surface combatant, various fighter squadrons and carrier air wing staffs in the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets. Stufflebeem has flown over 4, hours in a variety of fighter aircraft and has more than 1, aircraft carrier landings. He held this position until September Early in , the Department of Defense began an investigation into an allegation that Stufflebeem had an inappropriate relationship while serving as a presidential military aide in It was determined that Stufflebeem had provided false and misleading testimony.

Additionally, he supported the African Union Mission in Sudan, the political-military mission to address the problems occurring in Darfur. Early in , the Department of Defense began an investigation into an allegation that Stufflebeem had an affair while serving as a presidential military aide to the White House in His removal was directly due to the false and misleading testimony Stufflebeem gave to investigators and in conversations with his seniors on multiple occasions.

In at its annual awards banquet, the NCAA honored Stufflebeem as one of its Silver Anniversary Award Recipients that recognizes up to six nationally distinguished former student-athletes on their 25th anniversary as college graduates. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version.

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References [ edit ]. He hasn't regretted it". For months he provided briefings from The Pentagon to international television and radio media on the prosecution of what was known as Operation Enduring Freedom as most reporters were not in Afghanistan during this time. While serving as the commander of the U. Additionally, he supported the African Union Mission in Sudan, the political-military mission to address the problems occurring in Darfur.

Early in , the Department of Defense began an investigation into an allegation that Stufflebeem had an affair while serving as a presidential military aide to the White House in His removal was directly due to the false and misleading testimony Stufflebeem gave to investigators and in conversations with his seniors on multiple occasions. From our perch in the northeastern end of the Mediterranean, we launched sorties to Baghdad in the kick off of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

But more importantly, we quickly developed our support to less than 2, Special Forces to take on more than 80, Iraqi forces north of Baghdad where WE WON without losing a single soldier. This was an immense operation that was developed and executed in just days. Talk about a confidence builder! Again in , when I was a commander in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , I was sent to Islamabad, Pakistan in the fall following a devastating earthquake in the Himalayan Mountains.

Stufflebeem biography

With only a team of five, I had to develop plans to bring in medical and engineering support to assist more than , people at a distance NATO had never operated beyond and in an environment NATO had never operated in before. I had to deliver humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to a suspicious Muslim populace, among Taliban opponents, and leave the area with a good reputation for NATO.

We did it. In I was sent to assist the evacuation of thousands of Americans stranded in Lebanon under the surprise fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli Defense Forces plus reinforce the American Embassy—the same one bombed in —and if overrun, get all the personnel out safely under fire. We succeeded. In , I was sent to West-Central Africa to nations that had only land armies and no navies or coast guards, to develop schemes of maritime security and safety.

These waters were lawless where illegal oil bunkering, human trafficking, immigration, elements of terrorism and piracy was effecting Europe and portended to affect security of the U.