Rear Admiral Roberta L. Hazard was the third female line officer to be promoted to the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy,and at the time,the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. military. She was the first woman to command a United States Naval Training Command.
Rear Admiral Wendi Bryan Carpenter is a retired United States Navy flag officer and naval aviator. She is also a past president of the State University of New York Maritime College.
Sara Annette Joyner is a United States Navy officer. She is the first female strike fighter pilot to command a United States Navy fighter squadron and a carrier air wing. Her promotion to rear admiral was authorized by the United States Senate on 25 May 2017. On 24 February,the Secretary of Defence announced that Joyner would be promoted to the rank of rear admiral;she was pinned on 1 April 2021. She was promoted to vice admiral on 3 June 2022.
Jeffrey William Hughes is a United States Navy vice admiral who served as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development of the United States Navy from 2021 to 2024.
Yvette Marie Davids is a United States Navy vice admiral. She was the first Hispanic American woman to command a navy ship,and began serving as the first female Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy on 11 January 2024.
Lisa Marie Franchetti is a United States Navy admiral who has been the 33rd chief of naval operations since 2 November 2023. She is the first woman to be chief of naval operations,and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Keith Bently Davids is a retired American United States Navy special warfare officer with the rank of rear admiral. He served as the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command from 2022 to 2024. He was the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command South,United States Southern Command from 2020 to 2022. Previously,he served as director of the White House Military Office during the first presidency of Donald Trump. Earlier in his career,he was commanding officer of the Naval Special Warfare Center and SEAL Team One.
George M. Wikoff is a United States Navy vice admiral who serves as the commander of the United States Naval Forces Central Command,United States Fifth Fleet,and Combined Maritime Forces. He previously served as the vice director of the Joint Staff from 2021 to 2023.
Blake Lamont Converse is a United States Navy vice admiral and submarine warfare officer serving as deputy commander of the United States Pacific Fleet since May 7,2021. As deputy commander,he deputizes for the Commander,U.S. Pacific Fleet and handles the fleet's day-to-day administration from headquarters in Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam. He previously served as commander of submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet from 21 February 2019 to 29 April 2021.
Alvin Holsey is a United States Navy admiral and naval aviator who has served as the commander of United States Southern Command since 7 November 2024. He previously served as military deputy commander of the United States Southern Command from 2023 to 2024. He previously served as commander of the Navy Personnel Command and Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel from 2021 to 2022. He has command assignments as commander of Carrier Strike Group 1 from 2018 to 2020,and commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s first hybrid electric propulsion warship,the USS Makin Island (LHD-8) from 2013 to 2014,having started out as its executive officer in February of the former year.
Daniel P. Martin is a United States Navy rear admiral and naval aviator who has served as the commander of Naval Safety Command since July 1,2024. He most recently served as the director of maritime operations of the United States Pacific Fleet from 2022 to 2024. He served as the commander of Carrier Strike Group 1 from 2021 to 2022. He previously served as senior military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs. In earlier command tours,he commanded Carrier Air Wing 8 from June 2015 to 2016 and Strike Fighter Squadron 37 from 2010 to 2011.
Daniel William Dwyer is a United States Navy vice admiral who has served as the deputy chief of naval operations for operations,plans,strategy,and warfighting development of the United States Navy since 2 August 2024,and briefly as the deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting development in early 2024. He most recently served as the commander of United States Second Fleet and Joint Force Command Norfolk from 2021 to 2024. He served as director of plans and policy of the United States Cyber Command from 2020 to 2021,and as Vice Commander of the Naval Air Systems Command from 2015 to 2016. Born and raised in Alameda,California,Dwyer graduated from the California Maritime Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine transportation in 1988. He later earned a Master of Science degree in computer information science from the University of Phoenix and a Master of Arts degree in foreign affairs and strategic studies from the Naval War College.
Bruce Lindsley Gillingham is a retired United States Navy rear admiral and orthopedic surgeon who last served as the 39th surgeon general of the United States Navy from 2019 to 2023. As surgeon general,Gillingham was dual-hatted as the 43rd chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and was responsible to the United States Secretary of the Navy,Chief of Naval Operations and director of the Defense Health Agency for all health and medical matters pertaining to the Navy and Marine Corps.
Babette Rose Bolivar is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who last served as the commander of Navy Region Southwest from March 14,2019 to July 16,2021. She was the second woman and first Filipino-American to command the navy region,which covers California,Nevada,Utah,Arizona,Colorado,and New Mexico.
Carl Paul Chebi is a United States Navy vice admiral who serves as the commander of Naval Air Systems Command since September 9,2021. He most recently served as the Deputy Program Executive Officer of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office from 30 September 2019 to 9 September 2021. Previously,he served as the Program Executive Officer for Command,Control,Communications,Computers,and Intelligence (C4I) and Space Systems of the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command from 2017 to 2019.
Frederick William Kacher 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 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.
Lorin Cave Selby is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who last served as the Chief of Naval Research from May 31,2020 to June 16,2023. Previously,he served as the Chief Engineer of the United States Navy and Deputy Commander for Ship Design,Integration,and Naval Engineering of the Naval Sea Systems Command from June 2016 until May 2020.
Walton Roswell Sexton was a United States Navy officer. He temporarily served as a vice admiral in command of Battleships,Battle Force from July 1933 to June 1934. Sexton retired as a rear admiral on 1 October 1940,but remained on active duty because of World War II until his death in 1943.
