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Kyle Cozad

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Kyle Cozad
Kyle J. Cozad (3)
Personal details
Nationality United States
Occupation Aviator, naval officer

Kyle James Cozad is an aviator and officer in the United States Navy.[1][2][3] He currently serves as commanding officer of the Naval Education and Training Command.[4]

He was the commandant of Joint Task Force Guantanamo from July 2014 to June 2015.[1] Following his Guantanamo assignment Cozad took command of Naval Air Station Whidbey.[5]

Education[]

Cozad attended the United States Naval Academy, graduating with a bachelor's degree and ensign's commission in 1985.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carol Rosenberg (2016-11-17). "Navy sending new commander to run President Trump’s Guantánamo prison". Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/guantanamo/article115470333.html. Retrieved 2016-11-17. 
  2. ↑ "Rear Admiral Kyle Cozad". United States Navy. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=728. Retrieved 2016-11-17. 
  3. ↑ Jason Leopold (2014-10-01). "New Gitmo Commander: 'Majority of Detainees Have… a Relative Degree of Freedom'". Vice News. https://news.vice.com/article/new-gitmo-commander-majority-of-detainees-have-a-relative-degree-of-freedom. Retrieved 2016-11-17. "An aviator in the US Navy for more than two decades who previously worked at the White House, Cozad had no previous experience running a detention facility before taking command at Guantanamo. He admitted that the knowledge he possessed about the facility was gleaned from Google searches, news reports, and blog posts." 
  4. ↑ "Rear Admiral Kyle Cozad". United States Navy. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=728. Retrieved 2017-07-29. 
  5. ↑ Kera Wanielista (2016-10-30). "NAS Whidbey poised for bright future". Skagit Valley Herald. http://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/nas-whidbey-poised-for-bright-future/article_6ad848a8-9470-58ec-ae31-67007cac821e.html. Retrieved 2016-11-17. "The Navy invested about $200 million into the base for the transition to the Poseidons and maritime patrol and reconnaissance community, said Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad, the commander of the Patrol and Reconnaissance Group." 
  6. ↑ "Rear Admiral Kyle Cozad". United States Navy. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=728. Retrieved 2017-03-17. 
  7. ↑ "All Information for PN60". United States Congress. https://www.congress.gov/nomination/99th-congress/60/all-info. Retrieved 2017-03-17. 
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