Vineet McCarty

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Vineet McCarty

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AllegianceFlag of India.svg  India
Service/branchNaval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy
Years of serviceJuly 1989 – present
Rank British Royal Navy (sleeves) OF-8.svg 13-Indian Navy-VADM.svg Vice Admiral
Commands held Indian Naval Academy
Western Fleet
INS Shivalik (F47)
INS Khanjar (P47)
INS Ajay (P34)
Awards Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty, AVSM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Commandant of Indian Naval Academy. He earlier served as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet and as India's Defence adviser at the Republic of Singapore.

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McCarty was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1989. He is a specialist in gunnery. He was a part of the commissioning crew of the lead ship of her class of guided missile destroyers INS Delhi (D61). He did his specialist tenures and served as the gunnery officer of the ship. He attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in 2005. [1]

McCarty served as the Training Commander at the Indian Naval Academy when it was based at Goa. He has also served as the directing staff at the Naval and Maritime Academy, Trincomalee, the naval academy of the Sri Lankan Navy. [2]

McCarty has commanded the Anti-submarine warfare patrol vessel – the Abhay-class corvette INS Ajay (P34). He subsequently commanded the Khukri-class guided-missile corvette INS Khanjar (P47). He also served as the executive officer of a seaward defence patrol vessel and a guided missile vessel. [3] He then served as the executive officer of the only Amphibious transport dock of the Navy INS Jalashwa (L41) and commanded the lead ship of her class of stealth guided missile frigate INS Shivalik (F47). He led Shivalik during the International Fleet Review 2016. [4]

McCarty (right) as FOCWF with Vice Admiral A. B. Singh, FOC-in-C WNC. Rear Admiral Vineet McCarty FOCWF calls on Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh CINC WNC 01.jpg
McCarty (right) as FOCWF with Vice Admiral A. B. Singh, FOC-in-C WNC.

In the rank of Captain, McCarty served as the defence adviser to the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Singapore. [5] During this tenure, he had concurrent accreditation to the Republic of the Philippines. [6] He also served as the Command Plans officer at Headquarters Eastern Naval Command. In 2017, he attended the National Defence College, New Delhi. As a Commodore, he served as the Commodore (Naval Plans) at naval headquarters. [7]

Flag rank

McCarty was promoted to flag rank in February 2020 and was appointed Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Staff Requirements) (ACNS SR) at naval headquarters. [8] He took command of the Western Fleet on 15 November 2022 as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet from Rear Admiral Sameer Saxena. [9] [10] After a year-long tenure, he relinquished charge to Rear Admiral C. R. Praveen Nair. For his tenure as FOCWF, he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2024. [11] In the same month, he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and appointed Commandant of Indian Naval Academy. [1] [12]

Awards and decorations

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg IND Samanya Seva medal.svg IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg IND Operation Vijay medal.svg
IND Operation Parakram medal.svg IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg 75yearmedal.svg
IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Samanya Seva Medal Special Service Medal Operation Vijay Medal
Operation Parakram Medal Sainya Seva Medal Videsh Seva Medal 75th Independence Anniversary Medal
50th Independence Anniversary Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal

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Military offices
Preceded by Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet
2022 – 2023
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commandant of Indian Naval Academy
2024 - Present
Incumbent