Defense Solutions, LLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Rear Admiral William A. Retz, US Navy (Ret) to its Studies and Analyses and Business Development teams. Admiral Retz – a former commander of the Philadelphia Naval Base -- brings over 32 years experience as a Surface Warfare Officer and recent senior executive experience in the private sector to Defense Solutions.
(PRWEB) January 26, 2005 -- Defense Solutions is pleased to announce the appointment of Rear Admiral William A. Retz, US Navy (Ret) to its Studies and Analyses and Business Development teams. Admiral Retz brings more than 32 years of experience as a career Naval Surface Warfare Officer and his recent experience as a senior executive in the private sector to the study of defense and homeland security issues for government agencies and commercial clients. Additionally, Admiral Retz will assist Defense Solutions implement its vision of identifying the worlds best technologies for the US military.
As a junior officer, Admiral Retz served with the river patrol forces in Vietnam, Navy amphibious forces during the 73 Middle East crisis, and conducted several of the early shipboard at sea tests of the Tomahawk missile system. He served at sea in frigates, destroyers and cruisers and commanded at the ship, squadron and group level. As the Operations Deputy for US Central Command during the tanker war" in the Persian Gulf, he was responsible for improving the remote stateside command links for those operations and participated in the planning for what later became Operation Desert Storm. From 1992-94, Admiral Retz commanded Naval Base Pearl Harbor and the Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific. Prior to his retirement from active duty in 1995, Admiral Retz was the responsible commander for the closure of the Philadelphia Naval Base, as directed by the Base Closure Commission.
Admiral Retz shares our belief that American soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen deserve nothing short of the worlds best technologies to protect themselves as they work to accomplish their mission. Admiral Retz knows both the technologies and how our Armed Forces work. He has the right combination of military operational experience and private sector management expertise to formulate Defense and Homeland Security policies and identify the technologies that our forces need," said Defense Solutions CEO Tim Ringgold. We look forward to working with Admiral Retz to expand our industry partnerships as well as continuing to develop a strong organization that offers Defense and Homeland Security related studies and analyses and business development that is second-to-none," he said.
About Defense Solutions, LLC
Defense Solutions LLC, is an international project management and consulting firm with offices in Washington, DC, suburban Philadelphia, PA, Tel-Aviv, Israel and Budapest, Hungary. Defense Solutions conducts strategic studies and analyses, business development and program advocacy for companies in the Defense, Homeland Security, and Telecommunications markets. Defense Solutions assists clients to identify and capture funding sources and revenue-generating opportunities with federal, state and local Governments. These capabilities are performed by a network of experts dealing with a wide range of specialty practice areas from industry, government, the armed forces, law enforcement, maritime security and national politics.
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