Fred Kacher

• United States Seventh Fleet
• United States Naval Academy
• Expeditionary Strike Group 7
• Destroyer Squadron 7
• USS Stockdale (DDG-106)

Fred W. Kacher
Kacher in 2025
In office 28 August 2023 –10 January 2024
Alma mater	United States Naval Academy (BS) Harvard University (MA)
Relations	Divorce his wife in the year (2021)

Frederick William Kacher ^[1] (born 1968) ^[2] is a United States Navy vice admiral who has served as commander of the United States Seventh Fleet since February 15, 2024. He most recently served as the acting superintendent of the United States Naval Academy ^[3] from August 2023 to January 2024. He previously served as vice director for operations of the Joint Staff from June 2022 to June 2023. He served as the assistant deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans, and strategy of the United States Navy from May 2021 to June 2022, and prior to that, he served as the Commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 7. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Raised in Oakton, Virginia, Kacher graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in English. He later earned a Master of Public Policy degree with a concentration in international relations from the Kennedy School at Harvard University. ^[4]

Kacher is the author of the "Newly Commissioned Naval Officer's Guide" (first edition 2009, second edition 2018) and co-author with fellow Naval Academy alumnus Douglas Robb of the "Naval Officer's Guide to the Pentagon" (2019). ^{[4] [9] [10] [11]}

Military career

In June 2022, Kacher was assigned as vice director for operations of the Joint Staff. ^[12]

In January 2023, Kacher was nominated for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as commander of the United States Seventh Fleet. ^{[13] [14]}

References

1. "PN1011 — Navy — 101st Congress (1989-1990)". U.S. Congress. 9 March 1990. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
2. Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty. Bureau of Naval Personnel. 1 October 1990. p. 197. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
3. "KACHER TO SERVE AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT AT NAVAL ACADEMY". www.usna.edu. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
4. "Rear Admiral Fred Kacher". www.navy.mil. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
5. "Frederick Kacher". U.S. Naval Institute.
6. "Flag Officer Assignments". U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
7. "DESRON 15 Conducts Annual Yokosuka Surface Warfare Officer Summit Virtually". DVIDS. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
8. "Amphibious Commander talks Talisman Sabre". dod.defense.gov. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
9. Newly Commissioned Naval Officer's Guide. Naval Institute Press. 2009. ISBN   9781591144267 . Retrieved 9 August 2021.
10. Newly Commissioned Naval Officer's Guide. Naval Institute Press. 2018. ISBN   9781682473658 . Retrieved 9 August 2021.
11. "Naval Officer's Guide to the Pentagon". U.S. Naval Institute. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
12. "Flag Officer Assignments". U.S. Department of Defense. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
13. "PN212 — Rear Adm. Frederick W. Kacher — Navy". United States Congress . 26 January 2023.
14. "Flag Officer Announcements". U.S. Department of Defense.

External links

• Media related to Frederick W. Kacher at Wikimedia Commons

Military offices
Preceded by Charles Cooper II	Commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 7 2019–2021	Succeeded by Christopher M. Engdahl
Preceded by Karl O. Thomas	Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans, and Strategy of the United States Navy 2021–2022	Succeeded by John V. Menoni
Preceded by Dagvin Anderson	Vice Director for Operations of the Joint Staff 2022–2023	Succeeded by Paul Spedero
Preceded by Sean Buck	Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy Acting 2023–2024	Succeeded by Yvette M. Davids
Preceded by Karl O. Thomas	Commander of the United States Seventh Fleet 2024–present	Incumbent