Native Marylander selected to become rear admiral

Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Coover | Rear Adm. Collin Green, who was promoted to the flag officer ranks Aug. 13, 2014, will report to Belgium this month. Green will work under U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, who serves as both the supreme allied commander Europe for NATO and the commander of the U.S. European Command.  

BOWIE, MD, UNITED STATES

08.11.2014

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul Coover 

Naval Special Warfare Command

BOWIE, Md. - A Navy SEAL and native Marylander is slated to become the executive officer to NATO’s supreme allied commander Europe in Mons, Belgium.

Rear Adm. Collin Green, who was promoted to the flag officer ranks Aug. 13, will report to Belgium this month. Green will work under U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, who serves as both the supreme allied commander Europe for NATO and the commander of the U.S. European Command.

In June, Green completed a 10-month deployment to Afghanistan, where he served as the director of operations for the NATO Special Operations Component Command and Special Operations Joint Task Force in Kabul. Prior to his work with NATO, Green commanded Naval Special Warfare Group 1, which is responsible for all West Coast-based U.S. Navy SEAL Teams.

Green’s father, Leo, was the mayor of Bowie from 1968-1971, and served in the Maryland state senate from 1983-2007. Green has eight brothers and sisters, all of whom were raised in Bowie.

Green attended the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1986, and reported to Coronado, California, to attend the Navy’s Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training. He graduated BUD/S in 1988, and has served in special operations assignments around the world.

Green is married to the former Alyssa Peake, also from Bowie. The couple has four children.

• Date Taken: 08.11.2014
• Date Posted: 08.15.2014 16:18
• Story ID: 139497
• Location: BOWIE, MD, US
• Hometown: BOWIE, MD, US