Copyright © 2013, Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland (410) 268-6110 www.usni.org Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Admiral James Admiral Jonathan General Mark A. General James General Raymond General Frank E. Dempsey A. Winnefeld Jr. W. Greenert Welsh III F. Amos T. Odierno J. Grass U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S. Navy U.S. Air Force U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Army National Chairman Vice Chairman Guard Bureau Flag Officers and Senior Enlisted Leaders of the Naval Services Depicted here are (a) officers of flag rank and senior enlisted leaders of the U.S. Navy on active duty as of 1 March 2013 (unless advance information was available); (b) officers of flag rank of NOAA and at Maritime Academies as of 1 March 2013; and (c) inactive-duty Reserve flag officers of the same services. Numbers following titles indicate: Navy (month/year assuming billet) lineal number. An index appears on page 136. U.S. Navy Admirals (Line) James A. Winnefeld Jr. Jonathan W. Greenert James G. Stavridis Vice Chairman of the Joint Chief of Naval Operations Supreme Allied Commander, Chiefs of Staff (9/11) Europe/Commander, U.S. (8/11) 2 European Command 1 (6/09) 3 William H. McRaven Samuel J. Locklear III Mark E. Ferguson III Commander, U.S. Special Commander, U.S. Pacific Vice Chief of Naval Operations Operations Command Command (8/11) (8/11) (3/12) 6 4 5 Cecil E. Haney Bruce W. Clingan William E. Gortney Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander, U.S. Navy Forces, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces (1/12) Europe/Commander, U.S. Command 9 Naval Forces, Africa/Com- (9/12) mander, Allied Joint Forces 11 Command, Naples (2/12) 10 Vice Admirals (Line) John M. Richardson Harry B. Harris Jr. Robert S. Harward Jr. Director, Naval Nuclear Propul- Assistant to the Chairman of Deputy Commander, U.S. sion Program, Department of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff Central Command Navy/Department of Energy (10/11) (6/11) (11/12) 18 23 12 www.usni.org PROCEEDINGS • 117 Richard W. Hunt Joseph D. Kernan Michael A. LeFever Director, Navy Staff, OPNAV Deputy Commander, U.S. South- Deputy Director, Strategic (8/12) ern Command Operational Planning, National 25 (5/11) Counter Terrorism Center 26 (10/11) 29 William R. Burke Carol M. Pottenger Allen G. Myers IV Deputy Chief of Naval Opera- Deputy Chief of Staff for Deputy Chief of Naval Op- tions for Warfare Systems, Capability Development, SACT erations for Integration of N9, OPNAV (5/10) Capabilities and Resources, (3/12) 31 N8, OPNAV 30 (12/12) 32 Mark I. Fox Michael H. Miller Charles J. Leidig Deputy Chief of Naval Opera- Superintendent, U.S. Naval Deputy for Military Operations, tions for Operations, Plans, and Academy U.S. Africa Command Strategy, N3/N5, OPNAV (8/10) (8/10) (6/12) 34 35 33 Walter M. Skinner William E. Landay III Scott R. Van Buskirk Principal Military Deputy Director, Defense Security Deputy Chief of Naval Opera- Assistant Secretary of the Navy Cooperation Agency tions for Manpower, Person- (Research, Development, and (8/10) nel, Training, and Education, Acquisition) 37 N1, OPNAV/ Chief of Navy (8/10) Personnel 36 (10/11) 38 James P. Wisecup Gerald R. Beaman Kendall L. Card Naval Inspector General Commander, 3rd Fleet Deputy Chief of Naval (4/11) (4/11) Operations for Information 40 41 Dominance, N2/N6, OPNAV/ Director of Naval Intelligence (6/11) 42 David H. Buss Scott H. Swift Frank C. Pandolfe Commander, Naval Air Commander, 7th Fleet Commander, U.S. 6th Forces/Commander, Naval Air (9/11) Fleet/Commander, Task Force Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet 44 6/Commander, Striking and (10/12) Support Forces NATO/Deputy 43 Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa/Joint Force Maritime Component Commander Europe/Deputy Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (10/11) 46 Timothy M. Giardina William D. French Philip H. Cullom Deputy Commander, Commander, Navy Installations Deputy Chief of Naval Opera- U.S. Strategic Command Command tions for Fleet Readiness and (12/11) (2/12) Logistics, N4, OPNAV 48 49 (3/12) 50 118 • May 2013 www.usni.org Charles W. Martoglio John W. Miller Thomas H. Copeman III Deputy Commander, U.S. Euro- Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Commander, Naval Surface pean Command U.S. Central Command/Com- Forces/Commander, Naval Sur- (4/12) mander, 5th Fleet face Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet 51 (5/12) (7/12) 52 53 Kurt W. Tidd Robin R. Braun Michelle J. Howard Director for Operations, J3, Chief of Navy Reserve, N095 Deputy Commander, U.S. Fleet Joint Staff OPNAV Forces Command (7/12) (8/12) (8/12) 55 56 57 Rear Admirals (Line) Michael J. Connor Paul J. Bushong Jeffrey A. Lemmons Commander, Naval Submarine U.S. Security Coordinator, Director, Inter-American Forces/Commander, Subma- Israel-Palestinian Authority Defense College rine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet/ (10/12) (11/11) Commander, Allied Submarine 60 69 Command (9/12) 58 Mark H. Buzby Donald P. Quinn William H. Hilarides Commander, Military Sealift Commander, Naval Education Special Assistant to the Deputy Command and Training Command Chief of Naval Operations for (10/09) (1/12) Information Dominance for 74 92 Research, Strategy, and Integra- tion, N2/N6, OPNAV Nom’d as: COMNAVSEASYSCOM (11/10) 94 John G. Messerschmidt Kenneth E. Floyd Michael P. Tillotson Director of Assessments and Assistant Deputy Chief of Commander, Navy Expeditionary Analysis, ECJ7/EUCOM Advisor Naval Operations for Warfare Combat Command on Reserve Component Affairs, Systems, N9B, OPNAV ADDU: Commander, Navy Ex- U.S. European Command (6/10) peditionary Combat Command (8/10) Ord’d as: Commander, 3rd Pacific 101 Fleet (4/10) (EDA 6/13) 114 112 Mark A. Vance Bruce E. Grooms David M. Thomas Jr. Commander, Naval Strike and Assistant Deputy Chief of Commander, Naval Surface Air Warfare Center Naval Operations for Opera- Force, Atlantic/ (9/11) tions, Plans, and Strategy, N3/ (5/10) 115 N5B, OPNAV 117 (11/10) 116 Townsend G. Alexander John N. Christenson Edward G. Winters III Commander, Navy Region President, Naval War Special Assistant to U.S. Special Mid-Atlantic College Operations Command (8/11) (3/11) (9/12) 120 121 122 www.usni.org PROCEEDINGS • 119 Robert O. Wray Jr. Scott E. Sanders Joseph P. Mulloy President, Board of Inspection Reserve Deputy Director, Joint Deputy Assistant Secretary of and Survey and Coalition Warfighting, J-7, the Navy for Budget (FMB)/ (3/11) Joint Staff Director Fiscal Management 133 (10/11) Division, N82, OPNAV 134 (10/09) 141 Ted N. Branch Patrick Driscoll Joseph P. Aucoin Commander, Naval Air Force, Deputy and Chief of Staff, U.S. Director, Programming Divi- U.S. Atlantic Fleet Pacific Fleet sion, N80, OPNAV (2/11) (2/12) Nom’d as: DCNO for Warfare 143 144 Systems, N9, OPNAV (6/11) 146 Nora W. Tyson Mark D. Guadagnini Kevin M. Donegan Vice Director, Joint Staff Director, Maritime Headquar- Director, Program Integration/ (2/12) ters Senior National Representative, 147 (5/11) N9I, OPNAV 148 (8/12) 149 Anthony M. Kurta Joseph A. Horn Jr. James F. Caldwell Jr. Director, Military Personnel Program Executive Officer for Commander, Submarine Force, Plans and Policy Division, Integrated Warfare Systems U.S. Pacific Fleet N13, OPNAV (11/12) (12/10) (4/10) 151 155 150 Thomas S. Rowden Russell S. Penniman IV Gary W. Rosholt Director, Surface Warfare Divi- Deputy/Reserve Deputy Com- Chief, United Arab Emirates sion, N96, OPNAV mander, U.S. Pacific Fleet U.S. Liaison Officer (Senior (1/12) (7/10) Defense Official/Defense Atta- 156 157 che), United Arab Emirates (12/11) 158 George W. Ballance Philip S. Davidson Patrick H. Brady Director, Theater Engagement Director, Maritime Operations Commander, Space and Naval J7, U.S. Southern Command (N3/N5/N2/N7), U.S. Fleet Warfare Systems Command (7/12) Forces Command (8/10) 160 (2/12) 162 161 Sean A. Pybus Earl L. Gay Matthew L. Klunder Commander, Naval Special Commander, Navy Recruiting Chief of Naval Research/Direc- Warfare Command Command tor, Innovation, Technology (6/11) (8/11) Requirements, and Test & 163 165 Evaluation, N84 (11/11) 166 120 • May 2013 www.usni.org Richard B. Landolt James D. Cloyd Robert L. Thomas Jr. Director for Operations/Cyber, Commander, U.S. Naval Chief of Staff, J5, Joint Staff J3, U.S. Africa Command Forces, Japan/Commander, (7/12) (4/12) Navy Region Japan 172 169 (4/11) 170 Bradley R. Gehrke WIlliam F. Moran Terry B. Kraft Director for Operations, Director, Air Warfare Commander, Navy Warfare Defense Intelligence Agency Division, N98, OPNAV Development Command (6/11) (8/10) (10/11) 173 174 175 Margaret D. Klein Michael T. Franken Barry L. Bruner Chief of Staff, U.S. Cyber Chief of Legislative Affairs Director, Submarine Warfare Command (6/12) Division, N97, OPNAV (9/11) 178 (8/11) 177 179 Bryan P. Cutchen Sandy L. Daniels Christopher J. Paul Commander, Navy Reserve Senior Advisor for Space to Deputy Reserve Commander, Forces Command the Deputy Chief of Naval Naval Surface Force, U.S. (8/12) Operations, Information Domi- Pacific Fleet 183 nance, N2/N6, OPNAV (10/11) (4/12) 186 184 Rear Admiral (Line) Selectee John E. Jolliffe Samuel Perez Jr. Patrick J. Lorge Deputy Commander, 3rd Fleet Deputy Assistant Secretary, Commandant, Naval District (10/12) Plans, Programs and Opera- Washington 188 tions, Department of State (7/08) (12/12) 224 219 James J. Shannon Troy M. Shoemaker Sinclair M. Harris Deputy Commander for Commander, Carrier Commander, U.S. Naval Surface Warfare, SEA-21, Strike Group Three Forces, U.S. Southern Com- NAVSEASYSCOM (11/12) mand/Commander, 4th Fleet (8/08) 232 (6/12) 228 234 Paul A.