The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a public graduate school operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey, California.
Ronald A. Route is a retired Vice Admiral and former Naval Inspector General of the United States Navy and a former President of the Naval War College. On July 16, 2013, Vice Admiral Route was named President of the Naval Postgraduate School.
Rodney Paul Rempt is a retired Vice Admiral of the United States Navy who served as the 59th Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from 2003 to 2007.
Ann Elisabeth Rondeau is a retired United States Navy vice admiral. During her tenure in the navy, she received two Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and four Legion of Merit awards. Rondeau was the president of National Defense University and, after serving as the president of the College of DuPage, was chosen by United States Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer to be president of the Naval Postgraduate School in 2019.
Rear Admiral Kathleen Koehler Paige is a retired United States Navy officer. She was the Program Director, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), the sea-based element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) under development by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Rear Admiral Paige retired on 22 November 2005 after 34 years of active service.
Samuel Perez Jr. is a retired rear admiral in the United States Navy.
William John Hancock is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Logistics. He had been Director of the US Navy's Office of Budget and Fiscal Management Division. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1965 and was commissioned as an ensign. Hancock later earned a master's degree in Operations Research and Systems Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School. After his retirement in October 1998, he worked as a consultant.
Mary Marcella Jackson is a retired United States Navy officer.
Jon Christopher Kreitz is a retired United States Navy Rear Admiral and former Deputy Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. He is an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Surface Navy Association (SNA).
Nancy Ann Norton is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who previously served as the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. Prior to that, as a flag officer she served as vice director of the same agency.
John Blackwelder Nowell Jr. is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy. Nowell assumed duties as the navy's 59th Chief of Naval Personnel on May 24, 2019. Nowell is a distinguished graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering and holds a Master of Science in Weapons Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Johnny Ray Wolfe Jr. is a United States Navy vice admiral who currently serves as the Director for Strategic Systems Programs. Previously, he was the Program Executive Officer for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense of Missile Defense Agency. Wolfe attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine systems engineering in 1988. He later earned a Master of Science degree in applied physics at the Naval Postgraduate School.
James Edward Pitts is a United States Navy vice admiral who has served as the deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting requirements and capabilities since December 2023. He most recently served as the Director of Warfare Integration from 2020 to 2023. Previously, he served as the commander of Submarine Group 7.
Joseph Douglas Noble Jr. is a United States Navy rear admiral who has served as the Director of Logistics Operations of the Defense Logistics Agency and Commander of Joint Regional Combat Support since May 19, 2021. Previously, he served as the Commander of the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support.
Frank Mitchell Bradley is a United States Navy vice admiral and commander of Joint Special Operations Command since August 10, 2022. He most recently served as the commander of Special Operations Command Central from July 20, 2020 to July 1, 2022. Prior to that, he served as the assistant commander of Joint Special Operations Command from 2018 to 2020.
Robert Kalani Uichi Kihune is a retired United States Navy vice admiral. He served as commanding officer of the Naval Education and Training Command from 1992 to 1994. Kihune earlier served as commander, Naval Surface Force Pacific from 1988 to 1990. He was the Navy's first native Hawaiian vice admiral.
David Brooks Robinson is a retired United States Navy vice admiral. He served as commander, Naval Surface Force Pacific from 1993 to 1996. Robinson was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions as the commanding officer of a patrol gunboat in Vietnam.
