Vice Chief of Naval Operations
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The Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) is the second highest ranking officer in the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

. In the event that the Chief of Naval Operations
Chief of Naval Operations
The Chief of Naval Operations is a statutory office held by a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, and is the most senior uniformed officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Navy. The office is a military adviser and deputy to the Secretary of the Navy...

 (CNO) is absent or is unable to perform his duties, the VCNO assumes the duties and responsibilities of the CNO. The VCNO may also perform other duties that the CNO assigns to him. The VCNO is appointed by the President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

, and must be confirmed via majority vote by the Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

. By statute, the VCNO is appointed as a four-star admiral
Admiral (United States)
In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, admiral is a four-star flag officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. Admiral ranks above vice admiral and below Fleet Admiral in the Navy; the Coast Guard and the Public Health...

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This position was called Assistant for Operations in 1915, and Assistant Chief of Naval Operations in 1922. In 1942 the title became Vice Chief of Naval Operations. The current VCNO is Admiral Mark E. Ferguson III
Mark E. Ferguson III
Mark E. Ferguson III is a United States Navy four-star admiral who currently serves as the 37th Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He previously served as the 55th Chief of Naval Personnel which he also concurrently serves as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations from April 16, 2008 to August 5, 2011...

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Previous VCNOs include:
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Tenure
1 VADM (ADM) Frederick J. Horne
Frederick J. Horne
Admiral Frederick Joseph Horne was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy. As the first Vice Chief of Naval Operations, he directed all Navy logistics during World War II.-Early career:...

 
26 March 1942 - 2 September 1945
2 ADM Richard S. Edwards Jr.
Richard S. Edwards
Admiral Richard Stanislaus Edwards served in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Edwards was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1903...

 
1945–1946
3 ADM DeWitt Clinton Ramsey  15 January 1946 - 3 January 1948
4 ADM Arthur W. Radford
Arthur W. Radford
Arthur William Radford was a United States Navy Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Arthur Radford was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1896...

 
January 1948 – May 1949
5 ADM John D. Price 1949–1950
6 ADM Lynde D. McCormick
Lynde D. McCormick
Admiral Lynde Dupuy McCormick was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as vice chief of naval operations from 1950 to 1951 and as commander in chief of the United States Atlantic Fleet from 1951 to 1954, and was the first supreme allied commander of all NATO forces in the...

 
1950–1951
7 ADM Donald B. Duncan
Donald B. Duncan
Donald Bradley Duncan was an admiral in the United States Navy, who played an important role in aircraft-carrier operations during World War II....

 
1951–1956
8 ADM Harry D. Felt
Harry D. Felt
Admiral Harry Donald Felt was an aviator in the United States Navy who led U.S. carrier strikes during World War II and later served as commander in chief of Pacific Command from 1958 to 1964.-Early career:...

 
1956–1958
9 ADM James S. Russell  21 July 1958 - 1961
10 ADM Claude V. Ricketts
Claude V. Ricketts
Admiral Claude Vernon Ricketts served in the United States Navy as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations.Originally enlisted in the Navy, Ricketts attended the United States Naval Academy and became an officer upon his graduation in 1929. As a lieutenant, he was the gunnery officer on board the ...

 
1961 - 6 July 1964
11 ADM Horacio Rivero, Jr.
Horacio Rivero, Jr.
Admiral Horacio Rivero, Jr. , was the first Puerto Rican four-star Admiral and second Hispanic to become a full Admiral in the modern United States Navy. David Glasgow Farragut , a Hispanic, became the first full admiral of the Navy during the American Civil War. After retiring from the Navy,...

 
July 1964 - January 1968
12 ADM Bernard A. Clarey
Bernard A. Clarey
Bernard Ambrose Clarey , nicknamed "Chick", was an admiral of the United States Navy. A submarine commander during World War II, he served during the late 1960s as Vice Chief of Naval Operations and in the early 1970s and Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet.-Early life and career:Clarey was...

 
January 1968 - December 1970
13 ADM Ralph W. Cousins
Ralph W. Cousins
Ralph W. Cousins was a United States Navy four star admiral and aviator. As an aircraft carrier pilot, Cousins led dive-bomber attacks against the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 for which he was awarded the Navy Cross...

 
1970–1972
14 ADM Maurice F. Weisner
Maurice F. Weisner
Maurice Franklin Weisner was a United States Navy four-star admiral who served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1972 to 1973; Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1973 to 1976; and Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command from 1976 to 1979...

 
1972–1973
15 ADM James L. Holloway III
James L. Holloway III
James Lemuel Holloway III is a retired United States Navy admiral and naval aviator who was highly decorated for his actions during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. After the Vietnam War, he was posted to The Pentagon, where he established the Navy's Nuclear Powered Carrier...

 
September 1973 - 1974
16 ADM Worth H. Bagley  June 1974 - July 1975
17 ADM Harold E. Shear  1975–1977
18 ADM Robert L. J. Long  July 1977 - April 1979
19 ADM James D. Watkins
James D. Watkins
Admiral James David Watkins is a retired United States Navy officer and former Chief of Naval Operations who also served as U.S. Secretary of Energy during the George H. W. Bush Administration and chaired U.S. government commissions on HIV/AIDS and ocean policy. Watkins has also served on the...

 
April 1979 - 1981
20 ADM William N. Small  1981–1983
21 ADM Ronald J. Hays
Ronald J. Hays
Ronald Jackson Hays is a retired United States Navy four star admiral who served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1983 to 1985; and as Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command from 1985 to 1988....

 
1983–1985
22 ADM James B. Busey IV  September 1985 - 1987
23 ADM Huntington Hardisty
Huntington Hardisty
Huntington Hardisty was a United States Navy four star admiral who served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1987 to 1988; and Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command from 1988 to 1991....

 
1987–1988
24 ADM Leon A. Edney
Leon A. Edney
Leon Albert "Bud" Edney is a retired United States Navy officer. A native of Dedham, Massachusetts, he retired from the Navy as an admiral and served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations for the United States Navy.-Naval career:...

 
August 1988 - May 1990
25 ADM Jerome L. Johnson
Jerome L. Johnson
Jerome Lamarr Johnson is a retired United States Navy four star admiral who served as commander of the U.S. Second Fleet, Joint Task Force 120, and NATO's Striking Fleet Atlantic from 1988 to 1990 and as Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1990 to 1992.He graduated from Texas A&M University in...

 
May 1990 - July 1992
26 ADM Stanley R. Arthur  6 July 1992 - 1995
27 ADM Joseph W. Prueher
Joseph Prueher
Joseph Wilson Prueher served as United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1999 to 2001. He was succeeded as ambassador by Clark T. Randt, Jr...

 
April 1995 - 1996
28 ADM Jay L. Johnson
Jay L. Johnson
Admiral Jay L. Johnson, USN, is a retired United States Navy officer who served from 1996-2000 as 26th Chief of Naval Operations . He succeeded to the position following the death of Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda...

 
April 1996 - August 1996
29 ADM Harold W. Gehman, Jr.
Harold W. Gehman, Jr.
Admiral Harold W. Gehman, Jr. is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic , Commander-in-Chief of the United States Joint Forces Command, one of the United States' Unified Combatant Commands, and Vice Chief of Naval Operations...

 
September 1996 - September 1997
30 ADM Donald L. Pilling
Donald L. Pilling
Donald Lee Pilling was a retired four-star United States Navy admiral who served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1997 to 2000.-Military career:...

 
October 1997 - October 2000
31 ADM William J. Fallon
William J. Fallon
William Joseph Fallon is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who retired after serving for over 41 years. His last military assignment was as Commander, U.S. Central Command from March 2007 to March 2008. ADM Fallon was the first Navy officer to hold that position. His other four-star...

 
October 2000 - August 2003
32 ADM Michael Mullen
Michael Mullen
Michael Glenn "Mike" Mullen is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral, who served as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2011. Mullen previously served as the Navy's 28th Chief of Naval Operations from July 22, 2005 to September 29, 2007...

 
August 2003 - August 2004
33 ADM John B. Nathman
John B. Nathman
John B. Nathman is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command until 17 May 2007.-Early career:...

 
August 2004 - February 2005
34 ADM Robert F. Willard
Robert F. Willard
Robert F. Willard is a United States Navy admiral who serves as the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command. He previously served as Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet from May 8, 2007 to September 25, 2009. Prior to that, he served as the 34th Vice Chief of Naval Operations from March 18, 2005 to April 2007...

 
18 March 2005 - April 2007
35 ADM Patrick M. Walsh
Patrick M. Walsh
Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, USN is the 59th Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. He served as the 35th Vice Chief of Naval Operations from April 2007 to August 13, 2009, and as Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet from October 2005 to February 27, 2007...

 
April 2007 – 13 August 2009
36 ADM Jonathan W. Greenert
Jonathan W. Greenert
Jonathan W. Greenert is a United States Navy admiral currently serving as the 30th Chief of Naval Operations. He previously served as the 36th Vice Chief of Naval Operations from August 13, 2009 to August 22, 2011. Prior to that, he served as Commander, U.S...

 
13 August 2009 – 22 August 2011
37 ADM Mark E. Ferguson III
Mark E. Ferguson III
Mark E. Ferguson III is a United States Navy four-star admiral who currently serves as the 37th Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He previously served as the 55th Chief of Naval Personnel which he also concurrently serves as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations from April 16, 2008 to August 5, 2011...

22 August 2011 = Present
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