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 Kathleen Lousche Martin served as Deputy Surgeon General of the Navy/Vice Chief,Bureau of Medicine and Surgery from October 2002 until her retirement in September 2005. She also held the position as the 19th Director of the Navy Nurse Corps from August 1998 to August 2001. She serves on the board of directors for Caliburn International,a military contracting conglomerate that also oversees operations of Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children.
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 serves as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development of the United States Navy since February 1,2021.
Yvette Marie Davids is a United States Navy vice admiral. She was the first Hispanic American woman to command a navy ship.
Admiral Lisa Marie Franchetti is a United States Navy admiral who has served as the 33rd chief of naval operations since November 2,2023. She most recently served as the 42nd vice chief of naval operations from September 2022 to November 2023 and as acting chief of naval operations (CNO) from August to November 2023.
Keith Bently Davids is an American United States Navy special warfare officer with the rank of rear admiral. He has served as the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command since August 19,2022. 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 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 rear admiral who served as the vice director of the Joint Staff from 2021 to 2023. He previously served as the special assistant to the deputy chief of naval operations for operations,plans,and Strategy of the U.S. Navy.
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 February 21,2019 to April 29,2021.
Thomas Edward Ishee is a United States Navy vice admiral who serves as the commander of the United States Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO. He previously served as the director of operations of the United States Strategic Command from August 3,2020 to July 2022.
Alvin Holsey is a United States Navy vice admiral and naval aviator who has served as the military deputy commander of the United States Southern Command since February 1,2023. He previously served as commander of the Navy Personnel Command and Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel from January 8,2021,to December 15,2022. He has command assignments as commander of Carrier Strike Group 1 from June 2018 to June 2020,and commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s first hybrid electric propulsion warship,the USS Makin Island (LHD-8) from June 2013 to December 2014,having started out as its executive officer in February of the former year.
Daniel William Dwyer is a United States Navy vice admiral who served as the commander of United States Second Fleet and Joint Force Command Norfolk from 2021 to 2024. He most recently served as director of plans and policy of the United States Cyber Command from July 11,2020,to August 2021. Previously,he was the Vice Commander of the Naval Air Systems Command from August 2015 to August 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.
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 September 30,2019 to September 9,2021. 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.
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.
