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6 unusual facts about Chief of Naval Operations


Battle of Luzon

The U.S. Pacific Commander Admiral Chester Nimitz and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Ernest King both opposed this idea, arguing that it must wait until victory was certain.

Chief of Naval Operations Aviation Safety Award

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Aviation Safety Award, also known as the Safety "S", is awarded annually to U.S. Navy and United States Marine Corps aviation units operating under Navy chains of command.

Communication Moon Relay

The new system was officially inaugurated in January 1960, when Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Arleigh Burke sent a message to Commander, Pacific Fleet Felix Stump using the system.

Michael L. Dominguez

In January 2001, he rejoined the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations as assistant director for Space, Information Warfare, and Command and Control.

Miles B. Wachendorf

Wachendorf's shore assignments included deputy assistant for Chief of Naval Operation/Vice Chief of Naval Operations decision coordination, branch head for anti-submarine warfare, chief of the Joint Staff's nuclear/counter-proliferation division.

Navy Precision Optical Interferometer

In 2012 NOFS, with support from USNO, CNMOC and the Chief of Naval Operations' Oceanographer staff, began developing funding and programming plans in order to install the array.


Billy C. Sanders

Sanders had been one of the six final candidates for selection as the fourth MCPON in 1979 but then-Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Thomas B. Hayward selected AFCM Thomas S. Crow for the job.

Carlisle Trost

Admiral Carlisle Albert Herman Trost, USN (born April 24, 1930 in Valmeyer, Illinois) is a retired United States Navy officer who served as the Navy's twenty-third Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1 July 1986 to 29 June 1990.

Denfeld Mountains

They were named for Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1947–49), who helped in the planning and organization of Operation Highjump (1946–47) for which Byrd was leader.

Edmund Giambastiani

Giambastiani's other shore and staff assignments include duties as an enlisted program manager at the Navy Recruiting Command Headquarters, Washington, D.C., in the early days of the all volunteer force; Special Assistant to the Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency; and, a fellowship with the Chief of Naval Operations' Strategic Studies Group.

Herbert D. Riley

In the late 1940s he had duty in the Strategic Plans Section of the office of the Chief of Naval Operations and served as an assistant to United States Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal and hus successor Louis A. Johnson, and then was student at the National War College.

James A. Winnefeld, Jr.

The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Vern Clark praised Winnefeld and credited him for taking initiative as well as for USS Enterprises crew readiness.

James R. Stark

A surface warfare officer, his career included command of ships at sea, senior U.S. Navy and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) commands, staff assignments with the Chief of Naval Operations and the National Security Council, and a tour as President of the Naval War College.

In Washington, D.C., Stark had assignments on the Navy Staff, on the National Security Council staff, and as Executive Director of the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel.

Permit-class submarine

The Permit class resulted from a study commissioned in 1956 by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral Arleigh Burke.

Samuel Perez, Jr.

Ashore, he served as the program integrator for the Navy Theater Wide Theater Ballistic Missile Defense program at the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), as Future Ships branch head in the N76 Division of the Chief of Naval Operations, on the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the assistant deputy director for Regional Operations and executive assistant to the Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Ted N. Branch

On 16 May 2013, Branch was nominated by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to become the Director of Naval Intelligence and the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance.

VFA-115

The squadron’s first insignia, designed by Walt Disney, was approved by Chief of Naval Operations on 25 June 1945, consisting of a black torpedo and a winged cherub wearing a green helmet.


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Arthur L. Bristol

A brief stop in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations upon his return from England in the spring of 1934 preceded his traveling to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, as prospective commanding officer of the new aircraft carrier Ranger (CV-4).

Carrier Strike Group Six

During its nearly 63 years history at least four division Rear Admirals were eventually promoted to Chief of Naval Operations, the most recent being Admiral James L. Holloway III.

Destroyer squadron

From 1971 to 1974, Destroyer Squadron TWENTY-SIX was selected by the Chief of Naval Operations, Adimral Elmo Zumwalt, to evaluate a new manning concept in which ships would be manned and commanded by outstanding officers one rank junior to those normally assigned.

Destroyer Squadron 26

From 1971 to 1974, Destroyer Squadron 26 was selected by the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, to evaluate a new manning concept in which ships would be manned and commanded by outstanding officers one rank junior to those normally assigned.

Ephraim P. Holmes

From August 5, 1964 to June 3, 1967, he was director of Navy program planning and scientific officer to the Center for Naval Analyses in the office of the chief of naval operations.

Fechteler

William Fechteler (1896–1967), an admiral in the United States Navy who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower administration

George W. Anderson

George Whelan Anderson, Jr. (1906–1992), American Admiral, Chief of Naval Operations

Hae-il

Nam Hae-il (born 1948), South Korean naval officer, 25th Chief of Naval Operations

James Holloway

James L. Holloway III (born 1922), U.S. Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations, 1974–1978

Lâm

Lam Nguon Tanh (Lâm Ngươn Tánh), Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic of Vietnam Navy during the Vietnam War

Marshall Brement

After leaving Iceland, he spent four years at the United States Naval War College in Newport, R.I., where he directed the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group, an advisory think tank to the Chief of Naval Operations.

On the roof gang

In 1928 the Chief of Naval Operations understood that a group of formally trained operators was needed in the Pacific Fleet to monitor Japanese naval communications.

Restricted Line Officer

Formerly known as Naval Cryptologic Officers, there are over 800 Navy Information Warfare officers, who perform Naval Information Operations functions as directed by the Chief of Naval Operations afloat and ashore, and National Signals Intelligence tasks assigned by the Director, National Security Agency at NSA facilities ashore.

St. James School, Maryland

James L. Holloway III Former Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral USN, Ret.

Thomas Hayward

Thomas B. Hayward, United States Navy's Chief of Naval Operations from 1978–1982

Vern Clark

Clark became the 27th Chief of Naval Operations on July 21, 2000, relieving Jay L. Johnson.

VFA-97

After returning to Lemoore, their efforts were recognized with the 2001 Battle “E", the 2001 Captain Michael J. Estocin Award and the Chief of Naval Operations Safety “S”, resulting in the so-called "triple-crown" achievement for the Warhawks.