Timothy Keating

Admiral Timothy J. Keating is a 38-year veteran of the United States Navy. He retired in December 2009 after serving for three years as the commander, United States Pacific Command (CinCPac), headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, where 325,000 U.S. armed forces were under his command. This is the largest combatant command in the U.S., and his area of responsibility included over 3.4 billion people and half of the geographic surface of the earth. While in command, Admiral Keating visited over 30 countries, meeting diplomats, military officials, and commercial leaders in order to emphasize active engagement with national and international partners in preserving the security and stability of the Asia-Pacific region.

With his extensive military experience and his background leading a very complex organization, Admiral Keating addresses management and getting things done, leadership, teamwork, geopolitics, our country’s relationship with China and the Asia-pacific region, politics and the military, and the importance of service.

Other Commands. Prior to his tour at Pacific Command, Admiral Keating was commander of the United States Northern Command and NORAD, responsible for protecting the nation’s homeland and providing support to federal, state, and local officials in time of crisis. He was also commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, providing aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense for the United States and Canada during the same period.

Previous tours include service as the director of the joint staff in the Pentagon; commander of the United States Fifth Fleet and all naval forces in the United States Central Command headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain; deputy chief of naval operations for plans, policy and operations in the Pentagon; commander of the USS Kitty Hawk Battle Group stationed in Yokosuka Japan; and deputy director for operations for current operations on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon.

Admiral Keating held command positions at the Naval Strike Warfare Center, a Carrier Air Wing, and an F-18 Squadron. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and was a chief of naval operations fellow with the Strategic Studies Group in Newport Rhode Island. He has accumulated over 5,000 hours of flight time in tactical jets and has landed on Navy aircraft carriers over 1,200 times. In addition to numerous awards from the United States, he has received military decorations from Great Britain, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Singapore. He is a proud honorary master chief petty officer in the United States Navy.

Life Post-Military. Admiral Keating serves several organizations as an international consultant, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a board member of a number of corporate and non-profit organizations.