MOORE III ROBERT BREVARD Lieutenant Commander Robert Brevard Moore III died Friday, May 27, in San Diego, CA, after a year-long battle with gastrointestinal cancer. The archetypal All-American Man, Robert was born on July 6, 1971. He attended high school at Christ School, a boy's boarding school in Ashville, NC, where he was named as Head Prefect and graduated Valedictorian in 1990. A Presidential Appointee to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Robert became a third generation graduate in 1994. After graduation, he attended Navy flight training and earned his Navy wings in January 1996. He proudly served as an F/A-18 pilot flying operational combat missions over Iraq during a deployment to the Western Pacific and the Persian Gulf in 1998 - 1999. He later became an instructor at the Naval Strike Air Warfare Center at Fallon, Nevada, and graduated from Top Gun. He married the love of his life, Tara Virginia, in Annapolis at St. Margaret's Church. Robert had the ability to draw out the best from the people he loved. He was an adored husband, son, brother and a devoted friend. Robert's hobbies included backpacking, fly fishing, golfing and classic car restoration; he was also a gracious host and enjoyed the frequent company of family and friends. Robert fought courageously during his illness, never wavering from his commitment, "Fight to win". He left us peacefully, surrounded by loved ones and secure with the knowledge of the upcoming birth of his child. A loving spouse, Robert is survived by his devoted wife, Tara, his future child, parents, Brev and Virginia Moore of Annapolis, mother and father-in-law, Bernell and Patricia Hayden of San Diego; as well as his sister and her husband Happel and Dan Kolakoski, younger brother Thomas and his fiance.