Admiral Daryl Caudle isn’t coming to polish brass or shuffle paper—he’s showing up with a warfighter’s résumé, a submariner’s ...

President Donald Trump has nominated Navy Adm. Daryl L. Caudle to serve as the Chief of Naval Operations, the highest-ranking ...

Caudle has served as commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command, U.S. Naval Forces ...

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.

On Tuesday, the White House formally sent the nomination of Admiral Daryl L. Caudle to the U.S. Senate, where it was referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee for consideration.

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… ...

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.

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 Forces in ...

Adm. Daryl Caudle has been nominated to serve as the next chief of naval operations, according to a congressional notice indicating the nomination was received in the Senate on Tuesday.