User:BGinOC/Rembrandt C. Robinson

Rembrandt                            C. Robinson (1924-1972) - This photo was                             taken in June 1969, about the time that then-Captain                             Robinson started the secret "Duck Hook"                             planning for the National Security Council. Prior                            to beginning an assignment with the JCS Chairman's                             Staff Group in early 1969, during 1964-1968, Robinson                             had served four years as executive assistant and aide                             to the Commander-in-Chief Pacific (CINCPAC), where                             he was at a nerve center of Vietnam War military operations. During 1969-1972, Robinson also served as the NSC                            liaison to the JCS. Besides playing a key role on                            the NSC staff, beginning in 1970 Robinson initiated                             the JCS spying operation against Kissinger designed                             to keep JCS Chairman Moorer apprised of White House                             policy decisions affecting the military. Promoted                            to the rank of rear admiral in 1970, Robinson was                             commanding a flotilla in the Gulf of Tonkin when he                             was killed in a helicopter crash in May 1972. This                            occurred during the Linebacker I operations against                             North Vietnam which Robinson's earlier Duck Hook plans                             had presaged. (Image courtesy of Photographic Section,                            Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C.) - http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB195/index.htm