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[edit] VCNO careers

Here's a list of the 35 VCNO's and their previous and subsequent 4-star jobs. Despite being nominally the number 2 job in the Navy, VCNO seems to be an entry level 4-star job whose incumbents are being groomed for more prominent commands. Morinao 16:49, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Date Name Previous 4-star job Next 4-star job
1 1942 - 1945 VADM (ADM) Frederick J. Horne (none) (retired)
2 1945 - 1946 ADM Richard S. Edwards Jr. DCOMINCH/DCNO, 1944-1945 Western Sea Frontier/Pacific Reserve Fleet, 1946-1947.
3 1946 - 1948 ADM DeWitt C. Ramsey (none) CINCPAC/CINCPACFLT, 1948-1949.
4 1948 - 1949 VADM Arthur W. Radford (none) CINCPAC/CINCPACFLT, 1949-1953; CJCS, 1953-1957.
5 1949 - 1950 VADM John D. Price (none) (none)
6 1950 - 1951 ADM Lynde D. McCormick (none) CINCLANT/CINCLANTFLT, 1951-1954; CINCLANT/CINCLANTFLT/SACLANT, 1952-1954.
7 1951 - 1956 ADM Donald B. Duncan (none) (none)
8 1956 - 1958 ADM Harry D. Felt (none) CINCPAC, 1958-1964.
9 1958 - 1961 ADM James S. Russell (none) CINCSOUTH, 1961-1965.
10 1961 - 1964 ADM Claude V. Ricketts (none) (died)
11 1964 - 1968 ADM Horacio Rivero Jr. (none) CINCSOUTH, 1968-1972.
12 1968 - 1970 ADM Bernard A. Clarey (none) CINCPACFLT, 1970-1973.
13 1970 - 1972 ADM Ralph W. Cousins (none) CINCLANT/CINCLANTFLT/SACLANT, 1972-1975.
14 1972 - 1973 ADM Maurice F. Weisner (none) CINCPACFLT, 1973-1976; CINCPAC, 1976-1979.
15 1973 - 1974 ADM James L. Holloway III (none) CNO, 1974-1978.
16 1974 - 1975 ADM Worth H. Bagley CINCUSNAVEUR, 1973-1974 (retired)
17 1975 - 1977 ADM Harold E. Shear CINCUSNAVEUR, 1974-1975 CINCSOUTH, 1978-1980.
18 1977 - 1979 ADM Robert L.J. Long (none) CINCPAC, 1979-1983.
19 1979 - 1981 ADM James D. Watkins (none) CINCPACFLT, 1981-1982; CNO, 1982-1986.
20 1981 - 1983 ADM William N. Small (none) CINCUSNAVEUR/CINCSOUTH, 1983-1985.
21 1983 - 1985 ADM Ronald J. Hays (none) USCINCPAC, 1985-1988.
22 1985 - 1987 ADM James B. Busey IV (none) CINCUSNAVEUR/CINCSOUTH, 1987-1989.
23 1987 - 1988 ADM Huntington Hardisty (none) USCINCPAC, 1988-1991.
24 1988 - 1990 ADM Leon A. Edney (none) USCINCLANT/SACLANT, 1990-1992.
25 1990 - 1992 ADM Jerome L. Johnson (none) (retired)
26 1992 - 1995 ADM Stanley R. Arthur (none) (nominated for USCINCPAC)
27 1995 - 1996 ADM Joseph W. Prueher (none) USCINCPAC, 1996-1999.
28 1996 ADM Jay L. Johnson (none) CNO, 1996-2000.
29 1996 - 1997 ADM Harold W. Gehman Jr. (none) USCINCACOM/SACLANT, 1997-1999; USCINCJFCOM/SACLANT, 1999-2000.
30 1997 - 2000 ADM Donald L. Pilling (none) (retired)
31 2000 - 2003 ADM William J. Fallon (none) COMFLTFORCOM/COMLANTFLT, 2003-2005; CDRUSPACOM, 2005-2007; CDRUSCENTCOM, 2007-present.
32 2003 - 2004 ADM Michael G. Mullen (none) COMUSNAVEUR, 2004-2005; CNO, 2005-present.
33 2004 - 2005 ADM John B. Nathman (none) COMFLTFORCOM/COMLANTFLT, 2005-2006; COMUSFLTFORCOM, 2006-2007.
34 2005 - 2007 ADM Robert F. Willard (none) COMPACFLT, 2007-present.
35 2007 - present ADM Patrick M. Walsh (none)