Charles R. Train

Charles Russell Train (September 19, 1879 – December 8, 1967) was rear admiral of the United States Navy. He served as President Herbert Hoover's naval aide from 1929 to 1932. He was a recipient of the Navy Cross, Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and the War Cross of Military Valor.

Early life Train was born on September 19, 1879, in Annapolis, Maryland, to Grace (née Tomlinson) and Rear Admiral Charles J. Train. His grandfather was Charles R. Train, a U.S. representative from Massachusetts. Train grew up in Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy by James W. Wadsworth. While in college, he was a boxer and graduated in 1900.

In 1914, Train served as naval attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, under Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page. On October 14, 1918, he was detailed to command the U.S. Naval Aviation Forces in Italy. He befriended Hoover and within a year became President Hoover's naval aide. He served in that role from June 24, 1929, to June 1932.

From 1932 to 1933, he completed a course at the Naval War College. Train was promoted to rear admiral in 1933 while stationed there. In his service, Train also received medals for service in the Spanish Campaign, Philippine Campaign (aboard the USS Brooklyn) and the Victory Medal (Overseas Clasp). They had a summer house in Jamestown, Rhode Island, and bought a house in Washington, D.C., on Q Street.