Rear Adm. Anthony Carullo is a native of Quincy, Massachusetts, and raised in Central Florida. He is a 1991 graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering under the Nuclear Enlisted Commissioning Program. He holds a Master of Science in Management from Troy University, and he is a fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI. He enlisted in the Navy in 1986.

His operational assignments include command of Submarine Group 8, Naples, Italy; command of Task Force 69, Naples, Italy; and command of USS Greeneville (SSN 772), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He also served aboard USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) (GOLD) as executive officer; USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) as engineer officer; and USS Cincinnati (SSN 693) and USS Greeneville (SSN 772) as a division officer.

His staff assignments include director, Plans and Policy (J5), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM); director of maritime operations, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and deputy commander, U.S. 6th Fleet; deputy director for the Strategic Targeting and Nuclear Mission Planning (J5N), USSTRATCOM; duty as deputy commander and chief of staff for the Commander of Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet; as well as the director of maritime operations; special assistant (personnel policy and training) to the Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; executive assistant to the Director of Undersea Warfare (OPNAV N97); executive assistant for Strategic Strike in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; a junior member of the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board on the staff of the Commander, U. S. Fleet Forces Command; and an instructor at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command. In 2005 and 2009, he completed the submarine command course.

His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal (three awards), Legion of Merit (four awards), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards), as well as many unit and campaign awards.

He assumed his current duties as Deputy N7 and Director, Warfare Development (N72) on the OPNAV Staff in July 2024.

Last Updated: 3 July 2024