Talk:Vice Chief of Naval Operations

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, 2007-2008.
32	2003 - 2004	ADM Michael G. Mullen	(none)	COMUSNAVEUR, 2004-2005; CNO, 2005-2007; CJCS, 2007-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, 2007-2009; CDRUSPACOM, 2009-present.
35	2007 - 2009	ADM Patrick M. Walsh	(none)	COMPACFLT, 2009-present.
36	2009 - present	ADM Jonathan W. Greenert	COMUSFLTFORCOM, 2007-2009

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