Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership

The Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership is a United States Navy award established in 1980 by United States Secretary of the Navy Edward Hidalgo to honor the inspirational leadership of James Stockdale, a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War, who exhibited exemplary leadership while a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for nearly eight years. The award were first made in 1981.

Award criteria

Each year two commanding officers below the grade of captain are selected, one for the United States Atlantic Fleet and one from the United States Pacific Fleet. A board of peer-nominated officers, one for the Atlantic, and one for the Pacific, select the winners, based on the five criteria of inspirational leadership the Vice Admiral Stockdale identified in his writing and teaching on leadership. These criteria are:

• Moralist: Have a commitment to a personal code of ethical conduct.
• Jurist: Demonstrate ability to establish policy which can be implemented and obeyed in the most difficult of circumstances.
• Teacher: Being an example of self-discipline and sensitivity to others with balanced perspective, creating organizational pride, job satisfaction, and a motivational climate.
• Steward: Being an example of personal commitment and an example to others in the maintenance of standards and loyalty.
• Philosopher: Show the ability to reason, explain the essence of reality, and recognize the need for forethought in dealing with uncertainty.

Award Winners

Year	Atlantic	Pacific
1981	CDR John J. Coonan	CDR Philip M. Qwast
1982	CDR E.L. Watkins	CDR G.R. Fister
1983	CDR J.B. Johnston	CDR William J. Hancock
1984	CDR Frank L. Yusi	CDR Edward K. Kristensen
1985	CDR Larry L. Ernst	CDR W. Hudson
1986	CDR M.A. Rogers	CDR B.J. Coyle
1987	CDR C.W. Moore	CDR Michael Mullen
1988	CDR W.J. Riffer	CDR J. Grossenbacher
1989	CDR R.M. Wikstrom	CDR Thomas B. Fargo
1990	CDR J.C. Holloway	CDR A.R. Gorthy
1991	CDR F.J. Dobrydney	CDR T.L Tarvis
1992	CDR B.W. Cavey	CDR Jonathan W. Greenert
1993	No Award	CDR C.A. Miletich
1994	CDR R.D. Jenkins	CDR R.C. Massey
1995	CDR J.T. Bader	CDR F.M. Drennan
1996	CDR R.D. Holland	CDR James P. Wisecup
1997	CDR J.L. Clark	CDR M.W. Kenny
1998	CDR M.E. Kosnick	CDR C.E. Haney
1999	CDR W.E. Carter	CDR B.E. Grooms
2000	CDR M.D. Davis	CDR R. Hennegan
2001	CDR J.L. Clark[citation needed] CDR Jeffery S. Jones	CDR M.W. Kenny[citation needed] CDR John M. Richardson
2002	CDR P.H. Young	CDR J.W. Covell
2003	CDR K.J. Kovacich	CDR Charles M. Gaouette
2004	CDR S.D. Conn	CDR L.R. Hawkins
2005	CDR R.P. Burke	CDR J.W. Kilby
2006	CDR R.L. Clemmons	CDR B.T. Howe
2007	CDR Frank J. Olmo	CDR Craig A. Clapperton
2008	CDR Robert Smith	CDR Paul J. Lyons
2009	CDR William J. Parker III	CDR Robert A. Baughman
2010	CDR Jeffrey M. Grimes	CDR Michael A. McCartney
2011	CDR Robert B. Chadwick II	CDR Gerald N. Miranda, Jr.
2012	CDR Brian L. Sittlow	CDR Chase D. Patrick
2013	CDR Leif E. Mollo	CDR Richard N. Massie