President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, a senior administration official said Friday. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to be a U.S. military service chief.

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 ...

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 ...

Caudle’s nomination comes more than four months after President Donald Trump abruptly fired Lisa Franchetti as the sea service’s top admiral. The admiral is a career submarine sailor.

On his very first day in office, President Donald Trump fired Admiral Linda Fagan, the first woman in American history to lead a branch of the armed forces. She was evicted from her residence with ...

Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief moderated his stance to get the job but is now pushing for change in the name of high standards ...

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 ...

He replaces Admiral Lisa Franchetti, whose short reign ended like a busted catapult launch—high hopes, low trajectory. Admiral James Kilby has been keeping the seat warm. Caudle, if confirmed ...

FNavy Adm. Lisa Franchetti speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Sept. 14, 2023, on ...

The delay could have an impact on the country's warfighting capabilities and ability to maintain undersea superiority, a new ...

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.