 While in this capacity, Johnson was the Navy's senior representative in determining U.S. air strike priorities during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.On July 30, 1963, he assumed the duties of Deputy Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.While in this capacity, Johnson served consecutively as Deputy to Admirals John H. Sides, U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. and Thomas H. Moorer.