Navy’s Former Chief of Information takes Conn at Military.com

Retired Rear Admiral T. L. McCreary is at the helm of Military.com.  McCreary is a career public affairs officers who

Rear Admiral T. L. McCreary

served as the Navy’s Chief of Information where he was responsible for all aspects of the Navy’s public affairs program. He previously served as special assistant for public affairs to Gen. Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He served as electrical officer and main propulsion assistant aboard the destroyer USS O’Brien (DD 975). Between 1979 and 1981, he made two deployments to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. During his sea tour, Rear Adm. McCreary applied for and received re-designation as a public affairs officer (PAO).

After completing a master’s degree in Mass Communication, Public Relations at San Diego State University, Rear Adm. McCreary came to Washington, D.C., as the news director for “Navy News This Week”, the Navy’s half hour internal TV news show.

Welcome aboard Admiral!

It is an honor to be aboard Military.com and to serve you and your families. As the new President of Military Advantage and Military.com, I pledge to you that we will do all we can to keep you informed of news and information that is relevant and helps you navigate through these challenging times. We want Military.com to be your one-stop shop to stay connected to the extended military community. The Military.com team is hard at work, creating new products for you such as our Fitness Center, Spouse Network and Transition Center Blog and soon, a new base locator service and a private social network for the military community.

However, we need your help. We want to know what you like about Military.com, what could use improvement, and what new products or services you’d like to see on our site. E-mail me at TMcCreary_President@military-inc.com with your suggestions and thoughts. While I won’t be able to answer each e-mail individually, I will take note of your input and keep you up to date on new developments. We want to continue to serve the military community the best we can, and we can’t do that without your important input.

Happy 2009! We at Military.com thank you for everything you do for our nation and wish all of you the best in this New Year.

Respectfully,

T. L. McCreary
Rear Admiral
U.S. Navy (ret)
President of Military.com