Education
Train was admitted to the United States Naval Academy in 1945 and graduated in 1949.
Train was admitted to the United States Naval Academy in 1945 and graduated in 1949.
His operational commands included the guided missile destroyer United States Ship Conyngham (DDG-17). The attack submarine United States Ship Barbel (Steamship-580), Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 8. The John F. Kennedy Battle Group.
And from August 1976 to September 1978, the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
His principal staff duties included Director of the Joint Staff, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
And Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. He served as aide to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas H. Moorer.
From 1978-1982, Admiral served as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization"s Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic as Commander-in-Chief, United States. Atlantic Command and as Commander-in-Chief, United States. Atlantic Fleet.
He retired from the Navy in 1982. The son of Rear Admiral Harold Cecil (1887–1968) and May Philipps (1889–1980), he graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in 1945 and the United States Naval Academy in 1949. In 1956 he joined the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and was assigned national member number 81,034.
After retiring from full-time military service, Admiral worked for Science Applications International Corporation (Science Applications International Corporation), the nation"s largest employee owned research and engineering company.
He retired from Science Applications International Corporation as its Manager, Hampton Roads Operations, in September 2006. served as a Commissioner on the United States Commission on National Security/21st Century.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Old Dominion University Research Foundation and was the long-time president of the Future of Hampton Roads, a group of civic leaders who work toward regional solutions in Hampton Roads, Virginia.