Joseph Charles Strasser (3 September 1940 - 21 June 2019) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy.

[1] He attended La Salle College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1958 to 1959,[2] then entered the United States Naval Academy in 1959, graduating in June 1963.

Naval Academy,[2] later served two tours on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Strategy, Plans, and Policy Division,[1][2] and was executive assistant to the Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Command, and executive assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral William J. Crowe,[2] traveling around much of the world with Crowe during the assignment.

[5] Strasser's penultimate tour was as Commander of Cruiser-Destroyer Group 3, embarked aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Valley Forge (CG-50).

[4] He was inducted into the Camden Catholic High School Hall of Fame in 2009 for achievement in academics.