President Biden has nominated Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be the next chief of naval operations. If confirmed she'd be the first woman who would serve in that role and on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

President Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female ...

Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations, center, poses for a group photo with leadership during a visit to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.

Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet. By John Ismay Reporting from Washington Defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the ...