Scott Fry

Vice Admiral Scott Allen Fry (born Bellefonte, Pennsylvania), is a former Director of the Joint Staff for the United States Department of Defense, who previously served as commander of the Sixth Fleet.

Before selection to flag rank, he served as the executive assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations, and tours as division officer, department head, and executive officer aboard the McCloy, Grand Rapids and Julius A. Furer, and on the staff of Commander Destroyer Squadron 4.

Fry attended public schools in Dallas, Pennsylvania, and entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1967.

He next served as executive officer aboard the Grand Rapids (PG-98), homeported in Naples, Italy, from January 1974 to December 1975.

Fry's final assignment, as commander of Naval Striking and Support Forces Southern Europe, began in October, 2001, shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks.