Terence E. McKnight

Rear Admiral Terence Edward "Terry" McKnight, United States Navy, is a former American naval officer who commanded a multi-national naval force tasked to confront piracy activities off the coast of Somalia.

Educational background Rear Admiral Terence E. McKnight, is from Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in May 1978. In May 1998, he completed his master's degree in International Relations at Salve Regina University. He also graduated from the U.S. Army War College in 1994 and attended the National Security Seminar at Syracuse University in 2001.

Sea duty Among Admiral Mcknight's early sea duty assignments were, the , , and executive officer of the . He commanded the from January 1995 until November 1996 and the from July 2002 until December 2003.

Postmilitary career

In October 2012, he authored a book on maritime piracy entitled Pirate Alley: Commanding Task Force 151 in the Gulf of Aden which was published by the Naval Institute Press.

McKnight is currently employed by Cobham plc, a British defense contracting company as vice president for government relations at its subsidiary, Cobham's Defense System Division.

Honors and awards McKnight's personal decorations include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, as well as various other unit awards and decorations.

Legion of Merit (with 3 award stars)Bronze StarDefense Meritorious Service MedalMeritorious Service Medal (with 3 award star)Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (with 1 award stars)Navy Unit CommendationNavy Expeditionary Medal National Defense Service Medal (with 1 service star)Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary MedalGlobal War on Terrorism Service MedalArmed Forces Service MedalNavy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (with 4 service stars)Special Operations Service RibbonNATO Medal