ADM Dick
Macke, USN (Ret.)
ADM Dick Macke, USN (Ret.)
former Commander
U.S. Pacific Command
Admiral Richard C. Macke was born in Freeport, Illinois. A 1956 graduate of Kirkland High School in Kirkland, Illinois, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1960 and served in the Navy until his retirement in 1996.
Admiral Macke was selected for flag rank in 1988 and reported as the Commander of the Naval Space Command where he led initiatives to enhance space support to tactical warriors. Next, he reported as the Commander of Carrier Group TWO in March of 1988, where he completed a deployment to the Mediterranean and in January 1990 was selected for sequential command and became Commander Carrier Group FOUR. Admiral Macke was then nominated by President Bush to serve in the grade of Vice Admiral as the Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4) System (J6) on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. In December 1992, General Colin Powell chose Admiral Macke to serve as the Director of the Joint Staff.
Admiral Macke was nominated and confirmed for the four star grade of Admiral and left the Joint Staff to become the Commander in Chief, US Pacific Command in July 1994. He commanded all the United States Military Forces in a region encompassing over 50 percent of the earth’s surface until his retirement in January 1996.
Following retirement, Admiral Macke became the Senior Vice President, Pacific Rim Operations for Wheat International Communications Corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The Hawaii Office, under his direction, became the revenue leader for the company. He now has started his own company, Warrior Information Technologies, LLC, in Hawaii where he resides with his wife Susie.
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