UPDATED: June 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM EDT Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday named Norfolk-based Navy Adm. Daryl Caudle to succeed Adm. Lisa Franchetti as Chief of Naval Operations.

Caudle will replace Adm. James Kilby, the vice chief of naval operations, who has served as chief of naval operations since Franchetti’s firing.

Adm. Daryl Caudle's nomination goes to Senate for role as top Navy officer, succeeding Adm. Franchetti amid global maritime tensions.

President Donald Trump has nominated Navy Adm. Daryl L. Caudle to serve as the Chief of Naval Operations, the highest-ranking position in the U.S. Navy, according to a release put out Wednesday.

President Trump has chosen Adm. Daryl Caudle as the next chief of naval operations, nearly four months after firing Adm. Lisa Franchetti with no explanation. Caudle, the head of U.S. Fleet Fo… ...

Caudle, a career submariner from North Carolina, has been in command of the Norfolk, Virginia-based U.S. Fleet Forces Command since December 2021.

President Donald Trump nominated Adm. Daryl Caudle, current commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces, to be the next chief of naval operations, following the firing of Adm. Lisa Franchetti in late February.

Adm. Lisa Franchetti, a career surface warfare officer and the first woman to become a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was removed from her post on Feb. 21 alongside Air Force Gen. CQ Brown ...

Admiral Daryl L. Caudle has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next Chief of Naval Operations, more than three months after Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead the U.S ...

Adm. Daryl Caudle, the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces, was nominated to be the next chief of naval operations for the Navy, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators Wednesday.