“This one’s for Taylor,” Grohl added before beginning the final song, a solo rendition of the band’s 1997 hit ‘Everlong’.Īmong other stars on the line-up paying tribute to Hawkins were Wolfgang Van Halen, The Darkness‘ Justin Hawkins, Kesha, Nile Rodgers, Chevy Metal, and members of Hawkins’ own band The Coattail Riders. Before he began, Grohl said: “I hope that you guys felt all the love from all of us and all of the performers, because we felt it from you for Taylor tonight,” The night concluded with Grohl performing one of Foo Fighters’ most famous songs.

Foo Fighters have the crowd singing along for one final time tonight with Best of You. What a night of performances to pay tribute to the music legend Taylor Hawkins. A “revolving door of drummers” then performed ‘Times Like These’, ‘All My Life’, ‘The Pretender’, ‘Monkey Wrench’, ‘Learn To Fly’, ‘These Days’, ‘Best Of You’, ‘Aurora’ and ‘My Hero’. Rufus Taylor in tears at the end of that sensational performance. United States Navy.The final set of the night saw Paul McCartney, Travis Barker, Nandi Bushell and Hawkins’ son, Shane, Rufus Taylor (son of Roger Taylor), Josh Freese and Devo join Foo Fighters on stage. This article incorporates public domain material from Rear Admiral Paul Becker. University of North Georgia, n.d., 'Advisory Board,' Dahlonega, GA: University of North Georgia, Blue Ridge Campus. Kahn, Benjamin, 2021, 'Paul Becker’s 33 years of service,' Washington Jewish Week (November 8). Government Technology and Services Coalition, 2022, 'Babel Street Adds Former Joint Chiefs Intel Director Paul Becker to Board of Advisors,' (February 3), Homeland Security Today.US. Rear Admiral Paul Becker, USN (Ret), biography. 1996 Diploma, Armed Forces Staff College.

1993 Diploma, Naval Command and Staff College (With Highest Distinction).

1991 Diploma, Defense Language Institute (French).

2001 Master’s in Public Administration, Harvard University’s John F.

Previous flag assignments include director for Intelligence with United States Pacific Command in Hawaii, vice director of Intelligence for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C., and director of Intelligence for the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command in Afghanistan. Becker has been the Director for Intelligence (J2) on the Joint Chiefs of Staff since September 2013.

Navy’s Task Force 50 in the Northern Arabian Sea from 2001 to 2002 during early Enduring Freedom operations.

Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain from 2005 to 2007 Intelligence Watch officer in the Combined Air Operations Center at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in 2003 during early Iraqi Freedom operations and, N2 for the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) since 9/11 includes: commanding officer of CENTCOM’s Joint Intelligence Center in Tampa, Florida, from 2007 to 2009 director of Intelligence (N2) for U.S. In addition to service in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010, his duty with U.S. Naval Attaché temporary assignment with the American Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia as the assistant Defense Attaché (during Operation Allied Force), and the director of Operations at the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific in Hawaii. Shore assignments include: analyst at the Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot flag aide to the director of Naval Intelligence intelligence branch/assignments officer at the Bureau of Personnel Federal Executive Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy the American Embassy in Paris as the assistant U.S. Significant afloat assignments include intelligence officer with Attack Squadron (VA) 35 (A6E/Intruder) aboard USS Nimitz (CVN-68) temporary assignment aboard battleship, USS Iowa (BB-61) intelligence operations officer for the United States 6th Fleet aboard cruiser USS Belknap (CG-26) and N2 with Carrier Strike Group 7 aboard USS John C. Paul Becker was commissioned an intelligence officer upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy in 1983. As the JCS J2, RADM Becker was the principal intelligence advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Paul Brian Becker (born August 1961) is a retired United States Navy admiral and the former Director for Intelligence, Joint Staff (J2). Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3).Office of Naval Intelligence’s Edwin Layton Award for Leadership.Army’s Knowlton Award for Military Intelligence National Military Intelligence Association’s Rufus Taylor Award for Leadership.National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal.

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