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Navy/USMC

Gilday Formally Nominated As CNO

Thursday, July 18th, 2019

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Gilday Formally Nominated As CNO

Vice Adm. Michael Gilday, Director of the Joint Staff and nominee as Chief of Naval Operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

As expected, President Trump on Thursday officially nominated Vice Adm. Michael Gilday to be the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). Gilday currently serves as director of the Joint Staff. If confirmed, he will succeed CNO Adm. John Richardson, who by law must step down by Sept. 17. A Senate Armed Services Committee staff member told Defense Daily that Gilday’s confirmation hearing is tentatively scheduled for July 30. Gilday was chosen only after Adm. Bill Moran, who had already been…

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