War (ePub)

Rear Admiral Joseph H. Miller (MC) USNR retired from the Navy Reserve in 1986 after 34 years and credited with nine years of active duty. Since retirement with annual Permissive Orders he has had consecutive Navy Orders since 1952 or for 61 years. The Permissive Orders included informal visits to Navy hospitals. RADM Miller had completed three years as the first reservist to serve as a Deputy Surgeon General, Pentagon, and concurrently as Commander Naval Reserve Force, Force Medical Officer 1983-1986. On active duty he served as Chief of Neurosurgery, National Naval Medical Center, and subsequently as Chief of Neurosurgery, US Naval Hospital, Da Nang, Vietnam. As a consultant to the Surgeon General RADM Miller chaired a committee of five prominent civilian leaders of neurosurgery to develop a Navy neurosurgical residency. In the Pentagon with Dr. Barry he wrote and staffed the directive for the establishment of Physician Reservists in Medical Universities and Schools. (PRIMUS). RADM Miller has been to Bethesda over 100 times, Yokosuka, Japan 40 times, San Diego 24 times, Pearl Harbor 22 times, and every other Navy hospital in the world. (For 2 months he provided neurosurgery coverage at the Tripler Army Medical Center.) He served in the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J4) war planning section as the only Flag officer. Later at his recommendation a Flag officer billet was established in J4. The first assignment was a Navy Reserve Flag Officer.

He had duty with the Commander in Chief Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, December 1982, February 1983, and February 1984.

RADM Millers Military decorations include: Legion of Merit, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Navy Unit Commendations, Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Unit Citation, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, Navy Pistol Marksmanship, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Combat Action Ribbon, and Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V.

In civilian

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