Anchor Innovation, Inc., Welcomes Rear Admiral Garry E. Hall, USN, (RET)
Anchor Innovation, Inc. (Anchor) announced today a consulting agreement with Rear Admiral Garry E. Hall, USN (ret). Admiral Hall brings over 20 years of senior management and command experience.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, August 27, 2011
Anchor Innovation, Inc. (Anchor) announced today a consulting agreement with Rear Admiral Garry E. Hall, USN (ret). Admiral Hall brings over 20 years of senior management and command experience making him an ideal mentor for a rapidly growing company like Anchor.Some of Admiral Hall's challenging command assignments include: Commandant, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the nation's premier senior service college where he led a faculty of 95 PhDs and 320 national and international students; Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group TWO, Amphibious Group TWO where he commanded 27 amphibious ships, four amphibious squadrons and more than 16,000 Sailors and Marines; Commanding Officer, USS TARAWA (LHA-1), the first of her class of amphibious assault ships carrying up to 1900 Marines, Harrier attack aircraft, helicopters and landing craft; Commanding Officer, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 51, the first Commanding Officer of this squadron based in Atsugi, Japan which was awarded the Navy Battle "E" Award: and Commanding Officer, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 41, the west coast Fleet Replacement Squadron.
Admiral Hall has served in numerous other demanding Navy and Joint Forces leadership capacities such as Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, NATO Northwood UK, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations for Information Operations, Central Command, Air Officer/Executive Officer USS ESSEX (LHD-2), as well as numerous shipboard assignments flying anti-submarine and general utility missions. Admiral Hall is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1976.
Anchor is extremely proud to have Admiral Hall aboard as a consultant, mentor, and friend. His proven leadership skills have been borne from multiple worldwide assignments, progressively increasing areas of responsibility, as well as team-building with international coalitions under the most arduous of conditions. Anchor CEO, Steve Palmer, states that "Admiral Hall is a class act that would complement any company, anywhere, anytime.
About Anchor Innovation, Inc.
Anchor Innovation, Inc. (Anchor) is a diversified technical services company specializing in consulting, management, maintenance, logistics, and operations support to Force Protection/Anti-Terrorism, Port Operations, and Special Warfare organizations within the Department of Defense. Anchor also provides technical, and strategic marketing, and sales support to industry and technology companies. With industry partner Pacific Tugboat Service, Anchor is a proud co-founder of Heritage Marine Services, Inc., focused on providing quality port operations management and services.