Harry Depue Train II (November 5, 1927 – July 31, 2026) was a United States Navy admiral and a Senior Fellow at the Joint Advanced Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia.Old Dominion University Research Foundation .
Naval career Train was admitted to the United States Naval Academy in 1945 and graduated in 1949.
His operational commands included the attack submarine ; the guided missile destroyer ; Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 8; the John F. Kennedy Battle Group; and from August 1976 to September 1978, the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.
Train's principal staff duties included Director of the Joint Staff, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. He served as an aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas H. Moorer.
From 1978 to 1982, Train served as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic as Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Command and Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet. He retired from the Navy in 1982.
Personal life and post-military service The son of Rear Admiral Harold Cecil Train (1887–1968) and May Philipps Train (1889–1980),Obituary of Cecil Train Wilson, The Washington Post, October 27, 2006 he graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in 1945 and the United States Naval Academy in 1949.
Train and his wife, Catharine, had four daughters, including Rear Admiral Elizabeth L. Train.U.S. Navy Biographies
In 1956, he joined the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
After retiring from full-time military service, Train composed his memoirs, Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Harry D. Train II, U.S. Navy, which he published through the Naval Institute Press in 1997. Train also worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the nation's largest employee owned research and engineering company. He retired from SAIC as its Manager, Hampton Roads Operations, in September 2006.
Train served as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Old Dominion University Research Foundation, and was the long-time president of the Future of Hampton Roads, a group of civic leaders who work toward regional solutions in Hampton Roads, Virginia.Future of Hampton Roads website
Death Train died in Norfolk, Virginia on July 31, 2026, at the age of 97.
Awards and decorations
BadgeSurface Warfare Officer Pin1st RowDefense Distinguished Service Medal2nd RowNavy Distinguished Service Medal with three gold starsLegion of Merit with three gold starsMeritorious Service Medal3rd rowJoint Services Commendation Medal with oak leaf clusterNavy and Marine Corps Commendation MedalChina Service Medal4th rowAmerican Campaign MedalWorld War II Victory MedalNavy Occupation Service Medal5th RowNational Defense Service Medal with service starKorean Service Medal with two battle starsOrder of Naval Merit (Brazil), Grand Cross6th rowOrder of the Republic (Tunisia), CommanderRepublic of Korea Presidential Unit CitationUnited Nations Korea MedalBadge (not shown)Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
See also List of United States Navy four-star admirals
References
External links
Profiles at SourceWatch