Editing Donald Rumsfeld (section)

=== Naval service ===
[[File:U.S. Navy Lieutenant Donald Rumsfeld.jpg|thumb|Rumsfeld (right, standing) as a Navy lieutenant in 1955]]

Rumsfeld served in the [[United States Navy]] from 1954 to 1957, as a [[United States Naval Aviator|naval aviator]] and [[flight instructor]]. His initial training was in the [[North American Aviation|North American]] [[T-6 Texan|SNJ Texan]] basic trainer after which he transitioned to the [[North American T-28 Trojan|T-28]] advanced trainer. In 1957, he transferred to the [[United States Navy Reserve|Naval Reserve]] and continued his naval service in flying and administrative assignments as a drilling reservist. On July 1, 1958, he was assigned to Anti-submarine Squadron 662 at [[Naval Air Station Anacostia]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], as a selective reservist.<ref name="airforcetimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.airforcetimes.com/legacy/new/0-AIRPAPER-1610997.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722191209/http://www.airforcetimes.com/legacy/new/0-AIRPAPER-1610997.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 22, 2012|title=Rumsfeld revealed: Secretary's Navy career spanned 35 years |work=[[Air Force Times]]}}</ref> Rumsfeld was designated aircraft commander of Anti-submarine Squadron 731 on October 1, 1960, at [[Naval Air Station Grosse Ile]], Michigan, where he flew the [[S2F Tracker]].<ref name="airforcetimes.com" /> He transferred to the [[Individual Ready Reserve]] when he became Secretary of Defense in 1975 and retired with the rank of [[Captain (United States O-6)|captain]] in 1989.<ref name="defenselink1">{{cite web|url=http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/rumsfeld.htm |title=DefenseLink's Rumsfeld Biography |archive-date=July 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060707060729/http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/rumsfeld.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>