Mustin heir assigned to 2nd Fleet

Navy Reserve Rear Adm. (lower half) John B. Mustin will be assigned deputy commander of the U.S. Second Fleet with additional duties as deputy commander of Naval Surface Force Atlantic in Norfolk, Va. Mustin is currently serving as deputy commander of Naval Surface Force Pacific in San Diego; and Naval Surface Force Atlantic in Norfolk, Va. Often referred to as "The Father of Naval Aviation," his great-grandfather, Capt. Henry C. Mustin (1874–1923) was known as the architect of the catapult launch of aircraft from a naval ship. As a Lt. Cmdr. in January 1914, the elder Mustin established Naval Aeronautic Station (now Naval Air Station) Pensacola, Fla., the Navy’s first permanent air station together with a flight school, and became its first Commanding Officer. Two of Vice Adm. Henry C. Mustin's sons and a daughter-in-law served in the Navy. Captain Lloyd M. Mustin II and his wife, Captain Tracy Mustin, retired in 2015. Their son, Rear Adm. John Mustin, a 1990 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, continues to serve in the Naval Reserves. He briefly returned to active duty service as the Commanding Officer of Inshore Boat Unit 22, deployed to Kuwait, from 2004-05 and was selected for promotion to Rear Admiral (Lower Half) in March 2016. (Source: DoD 09/24/18) NAS Pensacola’s officers’ club is named for Vice. Adm. Henry Mustin.