CAPT John Walter Covell, USN(Ret) (June 6, 1955 - August 19, 2024)

John Walter Covell, age 69, resident of Bellport, LI., died August 19, 2024.
John is survived by his wife Maureen, his children Erin Evans (Len), Tim (Lida), Kathleen Lesniak (John), Brie Nordlander (Sverker), and John Michael, his grandchildren Charlotte, Elliot, Oliver, Freddy, Max, Audrey, Claire, Maeve, Freja, Jack, and Weston, his siblings Thomas Covell, Ann Covell, James Covell (Jacklyn), Mary Thaler (Tom), Charles Covell, and Michael Covell.
John served 28 years of active duty as a Naval Flight Officer in the E-2C Hawkeye, including Commanding Officer of the VAW-113 "Black Eagles," Commodore for the Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing (ACCLOGWING), and Director of the Navy Command and Leadership School.  He was awarded the 2001 James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award.  After active duty, John served as a Professor at the Naval War College, Newport, RI; as the Director of the Sandy Recovery Office and Chief of Staff, Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator, NYC Metropolitan Area with FEMA, and as a Senior instructor at Norwich University.  

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