John Gabe Morgan, Jr. (born 1950) is a retired Vice Admiral in the

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. Morgan earned an economics degree from the

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Career

Assignments Morgan held during his career include serving as the first commander of the

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. He later took part in the first strikes of the

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. Morgan's other assignments include serving in the Office of the

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, as the Deputy for Acquisition Strategy in the

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, the Senior Military Assistant to the

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and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy. He retired in 2008. Awards he received include the

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. Following his retirement from the Navy, Morgan became Executive Chairman of Nobles Worldwide, a weapons system manufacturing company based out of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin.

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