Robert D. Reilly Jr

Rear Admiral Robert D. Reilly Jr. is a United States Navy Surface Warfare Flag Officer who retired from active duty in January 2010 after 34-plus years of military service. His last assignment was as the 24th commander of the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC). Reilly, a native of Winnetka, Illinois, and a graduate of New Trier High School's West Campus, comes from a family with more than a century of service in the U.S. Military. Commissioned in 1975 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, he first served aboard the Forrest Sherman-class destroyer Edson (DD-946) as Electronic Material Officer, Combat Information Center Officer and Damage Control Assistant. His other shipboard tours included commissioning the...