Robert D. Reilly Jr

Robert D. Reilly Jr.
RADM Robert D. Reilly Jr., USN (Retired)
Born	Winnetka, Illinois
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1975–2010
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	Halyburton (FFG-40) Destroyer Squadron Fifty Cruiser Destroyer Group Two Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG-10) Military Sealift Command

Rear Admiral Robert D. Reilly Jr. was a United States Navy Surface Warfare Flag Officer who retired from active duty in January 2010 after 34-plus years of military service. His last assignment was as the 24th commander of the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC).

Reilly, a native of Winnetka, Illinois, and a graduate of New Trier High School's West Campus, comes from a family with more than a century of service in the U.S. Military. Commissioned in 1975 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, he first served aboard the Forrest Sherman-class destroyer Edson as Electronic Material Officer, Combat Information Center Officer and Damage Control Assistant.

His other shipboard tours included commissioning the Spruance-class destroyer Fletcher as its first Operations Officer; Engineering Officer aboard the Belknap-class cruiser Sterett; Executive Officer of the Spruance-class destroyer John Young; and as Commanding Officer of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Halyburton.

Reilly's additional operational tours at sea included duties as Flag Secretary, Cruiser Destroyer Group One, where he participated in the western Pacific and Southwest Asia deployments of the New Jersey and Missouri Battleship Battle Groups, and the Midway Carrier Battle Groups; and command of Destroyer Squadron Fifty (COMDESRON 50), homeported in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He also commanded Cruiser Destroyer Group Two and the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG-10).