Robert Brendan Murrett (born October 8, 1952) is an American academic, intelligence officer, and retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy.

In 2011, Murrett joined the Institute for Security Policy and Law at Syracuse University where he now serves as deputy director.

He is also a faculty member at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,[2] and serves on the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) advisory board at Syracuse University.

[3][4] Following his commissioning into the United States Navy, Murrett was assigned as an afloat intelligence officer, including Mediterranean, North Atlantic, and western Pacific deployments aboard Kitty Hawk, America, and Independence Following assignment to the Defense Intelligence College in 1980, Murrett was detailed to the Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot (OP-009U) as a watch stander and briefing officer for Navy civilian and military leaders.

He participated in deployments to the North Atlantic, the European theater, and Caribbean aboard Mount Whitney and Nassau.