The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Rear Admiral Robert L. Campbell, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from January 1962 to October 1964 as Deputy Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. European Command. During this period, Rear Admiral Campbell exercised great professional skill and administrative ability in planning, organizing and coordinating many of the diverse activities of the U.S. European Command. Under his guidance, the joint staff achieved unity of effort and effective coordination in the conduct of various studies of major importance to the command. Through his improvement of the command inspection program for MAAGs/Missions, and his cordial relationship with high military and civilian officials of the host countries, he contributed immeasurably to the success of the Military Assistance Program in those countries.