Chief of Naval Operations
The Chief of Naval Operations (short CNO , dt about. Chief of Naval Operations ) is the highest ranking officer and Admiral Chief of Staff of the US Navy .
tasks
The official position CNO is an admiral who administratively to the Secretary of the Navy (SecNav dt about: Marine Minister.) Is assumed, but not operational. He has an administrative rather than an operational role within the US Navy; the chain of command bypasses him, as the Secretary of Defense forwards orders directly to regional command posts, the Unified Combatant Commands . He is assisted by his deputy, the Vice Chief of Naval Operations .
As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the United General Staff of the US Armed Forces , the CNO is the President's primary adviser on naval issues, responsible for the allocation of resources in the US Navy and the operational readiness of the armed forces under it.
Its headquarters are in the Washington Navy Yard .
| No. | Surname | image | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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| 32 | Michael M. Gilday |
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22nd August 2019 | --- |
| 31 | John M. Richardson |
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18th September 2015 | 22nd August 2019 |
| 30th | Jonathan W. Greenert |
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September 23, 2011 | 18th September 2015 |
| 29 | Gary Roughead |
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September 29, 2007 | September 23, 2011 |
| 28 | Michael G. Mullen |
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July 22, 2005 | September 29, 2007 |
| 27 | Vernon E. Clark |
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July 21, 2000 | July 22, 2005 |
| 26th | Jay L. Johnson |
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May 16, 1996 | July 21, 2000 |
| 25th | Jeremy M. Boorda |
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April 23, 1994 | May 16, 1996 |
| 24 | Frank B. Kelso II. |
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June 29, 1990 | April 23, 1994 |
| 23 | Carlisle AH consolation |
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July 1, 1986 | June 29, 1990 |
| 22nd | James D. Watkins |
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June 30, 1982 | June 30, 1986 |
| 21st | Thomas B. Hayward |
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July 1, 1978 | June 30, 1982 |
| 20th | James L. Holloway III. |
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June 29, 1974 | July 1, 1978 |
| 19th | Elmo R. Zumwalt |
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July 1, 1970 | June 29, 1974 |
| 18th | Thomas H. Moorer |
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August 1, 1967 | July 1, 1970 |
| 17th | David L. McDonald |
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August 1, 1963 | August 1, 1967 |
| 16 | George W. Anderson, Jr. |
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August 1, 1961 | August 1, 1963 |
| 15th | Arleigh A. Burke |
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17th August 1955 | August 1, 1961 |
| 14th | Robert B. Carney |
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17th August 1953 | 17th August 1955 |
| 13 | William M. Fechteler |
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August 16, 1951 | 17th August 1953 |
| 12 | Forrest P. Sherman |
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November 2, 1949 | July 22, 1951 |
| 11 | Louis E. Denfeld |
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December 15, 1947 | November 2, 1949 |
| 10 | Chester W. Nimitz |
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December 15, 1945 | December 15, 1947 |
| 9 | Ernest J. King |
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March 2, 1942 | December 15, 1945 |
| 8th | Harold R. Stark |
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August 1, 1939 | March 2, 1942 |
| 7th | William D. Leahy |
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January 2, 1937 | August 1, 1939 |
| 6th | William H. Standley |
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July 1, 1933 | January 1, 1937 |
| 5 | William V. Pratt |
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17th September 1930 | June 30, 1933 |
| 4th | Charles F. Hughes |
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November 14, 1927 | 17th September 1930 |
| 3 | Edward W. Eberle |
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July 21, 1923 | November 14, 1927 |
| 2 | Robert E. Coontz |
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November 1, 1919 | July 21, 1923 |
| 1 | William S. Benson |
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May 11, 1915 | September 25, 1919 |
literature
- Robert William Love (Ed.): The Chiefs of Naval Operations. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD 1980, ISBN 0-87021-115-3 .
- Thomas C. Hone: Power and Change. The Administrative History of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 1946–1986 (= Contributions to Naval History. Vol. 2). Naval Historical Center, Washington DC 1989, ISBN 0-945274-02-5 .
