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Vice Chief of Naval Operations

This position was called Assistant for Operations in 1915, and Assistant Chief of Naval Operations in 1922. In 1942 the title became Vice Chief of Naval Operations.

    1915-1918 CAPT Volney O. Chase  
    1918-1919 CAPT William V. Pratt  
    1919-1921 CAPT Benjamin F. Hutchison  
    1921-1922 RADM William C. Cole  
    1922-1923 RADM Ashley H. Robertson  
    1923-1925 RADM Richard H. Jackson  
    1925-1928 RADM Thomas J. Senn  
    1928-1930 RADM William H. Standley  
    1930-1931 RADM John Halligan  
    1931-1932 RADM Walton R. Sexton  
    1933-1935 RADM Joseph K. Taussig  
    1936-1936 RADM William S. Pye  
    1937-1937 RADM James O. Richardson  
    1938-1939 RADM Arthur P. Fairfield  
    1939-1940 RADM Robert L. Ghormley  
    1940-1941 RADM Royal E. Ingersoll  
    1942-1945 VADM Fredrick J. Horne  
    1945-1946 ADM Richard S. Edwards  
    1946-1948 ADM Dewitt C. Ramsey  
    1948-1949 ADM Arthur W. Radford  
    1949-1950 ADM John D. Price  
    1950-1951 ADM Lynde D. McCormick  
    1951-1956 ADM Donald B. Duncan  
    1956-1958 ADM Harry D. Felt  
    1959-1961 ADM James S.Russell  
    1961-1964 ADM Claude V. Ricketts  
    1964-1968 ADM Horacio Rivero July 1964
    1968-1970 VADM Bernard A. Clarey January 1968
    1970-1972 ADM Ralph W. Cousins October 1970
    1972-1973 ADM Maurice F. Weisner September 1972
    1973-1974 ADM James L. Holloway, III September 1973
    1974-1975 ADM Worth H. Bagley June 1974
    1975-1977 ADM Harold E. Shear June 1975
    1977-1979 ADM Robert L. J. Long July 1977
    1979-1981 ADM James D. Watkins September 1978
    1981-1983 ADM William N. Small July 1981
    1983-1985 ADM Ronald J. Hayes April 1983
    1985-1987 ADM James E. Busey September 1985
    1987-1988 ADM Huntington Hardisty March 1987
    1988-1990 ADM Leon A. Edney August 1988
    1990-1992 ADM Jerome L. Johnson May 1990
    1992-1995 ADM Stanley R. Arthur July 1992
    1995-1996 ADM Joseph W. Prueher May 1995
    1996 ADM Jay L. Johnson March 1996
    1996-1997 ADM Harold W. Gehman, Jr. September 1996
    1997-2000 ADM Donald L. Pilling October 1997
    2000-2003 ADM William J. Fallon October 2000
    2003-2004 ADM Michael G. Mullen August 2003
    2004-2005 ADM John B. Nathman August 2004
    2005-2007 ADM Robert F. Willard March 2005
    2007-2009 ADM Patrick M. Walsh April 2007
    2009-2011 ADM Jonathan W. Greenert August 2009
    2011-2014 ADM Mark E. Ferguson, III August 2011
    2014- ADM Michelle J. Howard July 2014

Note: CAPT = Captain, ADM = Admiral, RADM = Rear Admiral, VADM = Vice Admiral.

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Published: Tue Sep 05 11:24:06 EDT 2023