Copyright © 2012, Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland (410) 268-6110 www.usni.org Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Admiral James Admiral Jonathan General Norton General James General Raymond E. Dempsey A. Winnefeld Jr. W. Greenert A. Schwartz F. Amos T. Odierno U.S. Army Chairman U.S. Navy U.S. Navy U.S. Air Force U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Army Vice Chairman Flag Officers and Senior Enlisted Leaders of the Naval Services Depicted here are (a) officers of flag rank, general officers, and senior enlisted leaders of the U.S. Navy on active duty as of 1 March 2012 (unless advance information was available); (b) officers of flag rank of NOAA and at Maritime Academies as of 1 March 2012; and (c) inactive-duty Reserve flag officers of the same services. Numbers following titles indicate: Navy (month/year assuming billet) lineal number. An index begins 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 Mark E. Ferguson III Kirkland H. Donald Commander, U.S. Special Vice Chief of Naval Operations Director, Naval Nuclear Operations Command (8/11) Propulsion Program, (8/11) 5 NAVSEA-08 4 (11/04) 6 John C. Harvey Jr. Samuel J. Locklear III Cecil E. Haney Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Commander, U.S. Pacific Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Command Command (1/12) (7/09) (3/12) 9 7 8 Vice Admirals (Line) Bruce W. Clingan Ann E. Rondeau Paul S. Stanley Commander, U.S. Navy Forces, President, National Defense Principal Deputy Director of Europe/Commander, U.S. University Cost Assessment and Program Naval Forces, Africa/Com- (7/09) Evaluation, Office of the mander, Allied Joint Forces 16 Secretary of Defense Command, Naples (4/10) (2/12) 17 10 www.usni.org PROCEEDINGS • 117 David Architzel Richard K. Gallagher Harry B. Harris Jr. Commander, Naval Air U.S. Military Representative to Assistant to the Chairman of Systems Command the NATO Military Committee, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (5/10) Brussels, Belgium (10/11) 19 (12/09) 23 21 William E. Gortney John M. Bird Dirk J. Debbink Director, Joint Staff Director, Navy Staff, OPNAV Chief of Navy Reserve (7/10) (9/10) (7/08) Nom’d As: Commander, U.S. 25 26 Fleet Forces Command 24 Robert S. Harward Jr. Richard W. Hunt Joseph D. Kernan Deputy Commander, U.S. Cen- Ord’d as: Commander, Naval Deputy Commander, U.S. South- tral Command Surface Forces/Commander, ern Command (6/11) Naval Surface Force, U.S. (5/11) 29 Pacific Fleet 35 (6/11) 34 John T. Blake Michael A. LeFever William R. Burke Deputy Chief of Naval Deputy Director, Strategic Deputy Chief of Naval Opera- Operations for Integration of Operational Planning, National tions for Warfare Systems, Capabilities and Resources, Counter Terrorism Center N9, OPNAV N8, OPNAV (10/11) (4/10) (12/09) 38 39 37 Carol M. Pottenger Allen G. Myers IV Mark I. Fox Deputy Chief of Staff for Commander, Naval Air Forces/ Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Capability Development Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Central Command/Com- (5/10) U.S. Pacific Fleet mander, Fifth Fleet 40 (7/10) (7/10) 41 42 Michael H. Miller Charles J. Leidig Walter M. Skinner Superintendent, U.S. Naval Deputy for Military Operations, Principal Military Deputy Academy U.S. Africa Command Assistant Secretary of the Navy (8/10) (8/10) (Research, Development and 43 44 Acquisition) (8/10) 45 William E. Landay III Scott R. Van Buskirk John M. Richardson Director, Defense Security Deputy Chief of Naval Opera- Commander, Naval Submarine Cooperation Agency tions for Manpower, Person- Forces/ Commander, Submarine (8/10) nel, Training, and Education, Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet/Com- 47 N1, OPNAV/ Chief of Navy mander, Allied Submarine Personnel Command (10/11) (11/10) 48 50 118 • May 2012 www.usni.org James P. Wisecup Gerald R. Beaman Kendall L. Card Naval Inspector General Commander, Third Fleet Deputy Chief of Naval (4/11) (4/11) Operations for Information 51 52 Dominance, N2/N6, OPNAV/ Director of Naval Intelligence (6/11) 53 David H. Buss Scott H. Swift Frank C. Pandolfe Deputy Commander, Commander, Seventh Fleet Commander, U.S. Sixth U.S. Fleet Forces (9/11) Fleet/Commander, Task Force Command 55 Six/Commander, Striking and (6/11) Support Forces NATO/Deputy 54 Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa/Joint Force Maritime Component Commander Europe (10/11) 57 Timothy M. Giardina William D. French Philip H. Cullom Deputy Commander, Commander, Navy Installations Fleet Readiness and Logistics, U.S. Strategic Command Command N4, OPNAV (12/11) (2/12) (3/11) 59 60 61 Rear Admirals (Line) Arthur J. Johnson Jr. Robin M. Watters Jeffrey A. Lemmons Director, Assessment Chief of Staff, U.S. Pacific Director, Inter-American Division, N81, OPNAV Command Defense College (7/11) (6/10) (11/11) 66 68 69 Charles W. Martoglio Mark H. Buzby John W. Miller Chief of Staff, U.S. European Commander, Military Sealift Special Assistant to the Deputy Command (4/10) Command Chief of Naval Operations for Ord’d As: Deputy Commander, (10/09) Operations, Plans, and Strategy, U.S. European Command, 74 N3/N5, OPNAV (10/11) Stuttgart-Vaihingen Germany Nom’d As: Commander, U.S. (EDA: 4/12) Naval Forces, Central Command/ 72 Commander, Fifth Fleet (4/10) 75 Garland P. Wright Jr. Michael S. O'Bryan Douglas J. McAneny Deputy Director, Defense Threat Commander, Navy Air and Commandant, National War Reduction Agency Missile Defense Command College, National Defense (9/10) (1/10) University 77 80 (1/11) 85 Brian C. Prindle Donald P. Quinn William H. Hilarides Commander, Naval Commander, Naval Education Special Assistant to the Deputy Safety Center and Training Command Chief of Naval Operations for (7/11) (1/12) Information Dominance for Re- 88 92 search, Strategy and Integration, N2/N6, OPNAV (11/10) 94 www.usni.org PROCEEDINGS • 119 William E. Shannon III John G. Messerschmidt Michael M. Shatynski Program Executive Officer, Director of Assessments and Deputy/Reserve Deputy Unmanned Aviation and Strike Analysis, ECJ7/EUCOM Advisor Commander, Naval Surface Weapons (PEO U&W) on Reserve Component Affairs, Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (3/08) U.S. European Command (10/04) 96 (8/10) 102 101 Patrick E. McGrath Kurt W. Tidd Charles E. Smith Deputy Commander, Commander, U.S. Naval Program Executive Officer, En- Third Fleet Forces, U.S. Southern Com- terprise Information Systems (9/07) mand/ Commander, Fourth (12/08) 103 Fleet 110 (8/11) 109 Kenneth E. Floyd Edward S. Hebner Michael P. Tillotson Director, Air Warfare Division, Commander, Naval Mine and Commander, Navy Expeditionary N88, OPNAV Anti-Submarine Warfare Com- Combat Command (6/10) mand (4/10) 112 (6/10) 114 113 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/Deputy Com- (9/11) tions, Plans, and Strategy, N3/ mander, Naval Surface Forces 115 N5B, OPNAV (5/10) (11/10) 117 116 Michael J. Connor Townsend G. Alexander John N. Christenson Director, Naval Warfare Integra- Commander, Navy Region President, Naval War tion Group, N00X, OPNAV Mid Atlantic College, Newport, RI (4/11) (1/09) (CoC 3/11) 119 120 121 Edward G. Winters III Thomas H. Copeman III Michelle J. Howard Deputy Chief, Office of Security Chief of Legislative Affairs Chief of Staff, J5, Joint Staff Cooperation-Iraq (7/10) (8/10) (8/08) 123 125 122 Garry J. Bonelli Robert O. Wray Jr. Scott E. Sanders Deputy Commander, Naval President, Board of Inspection Reserve Deputy Director, Joint Special Warfare Command and Survey (CoC 3/11) and Coalition Warfighting, J-7, (8/07) (3/11) Joint Staff 132 133 (3/10) 134 120 • May 2012 www.usni.org Lothrop S. Little Joseph P. Mulloy Ted N. Branch Commander, Navy Reserve Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commander, Naval Air Force, Forces Command the Navy for Budget (FMB)/ U.S. Atlantic Fleet (2/10) Director Fiscal Management (2/11) 138 Division, N82, OPNAV 143 (10/09) 141 Patrick Driscoll Joseph P. Aucoin Nora W. Tyson Deputy and Chief of Staff, U.S. Director, Programming Divi- Vice Director, Joint Staff Pacific Fleet sion, N80, OPNAV (2/12) (2/12) 146 147 144 Mark D. Guadagnini Kevin M. Donegan Anthony M. Kurta Deputy Commander for Fleet Director for Operations J3, Director, Military Personnel Management and Chief of U.S. Central Command Plans and Policy Division, Staff, U.S. Fleet Forces Ord’d As: Director, Warfare N13, OPNAV Command Integration/Senior National (4/10) (5/11) Representative, N9I, OPNAV 150 148 (6/10) 149 Joseph A. Horn Jr. Paul J. Bushong Robin R. Braun Program Executive, Aegis Commander, Joint Region Deputy for Operations/Battle BMD, Missile Defense Agency Marianas/U.S. Pacific Com- Staff Director, U.S. European (11/09) mand Representative, Guam, Command 151 Commonwealth of the North- (10/10) ern Mariana Islands, Federated 154 States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas (3/10) 152 James F. Caldwell Jr. Thomas S. Rowden Russell S. Penniman IV Commander, Submarine Force, Director, Surface Warfare Divi- Deputy/Reserve Deputy Com- U.S. Pacific Fleet sion, N86, OPNAV mander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (12/10) (1/12) (7/10) 155 156 157 Gary W. Rosholt George W. Ballance Philip S. Davidson Chief, United Arab Emirates Director, Maritime Partnership Director, Operations and Intel- U.S.