USNA Grad Selected to Direct Navy Nuclear Propulsion

  POSTED ON: Friday, July 24, 2015 9:45 AM by Naval Academy Public Affairs

Congratulations to 1981 USNA graduate Vice Adm. James F. Caldwell, Jr.! 

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced July 22 that the president has nominated Vice Adm. Caldwell for appointment to the rank of admiral and for assignment as director for Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.

Caldwell will be the 7th director of the program since its establishment in 1949. Of those seven, all but one have been USNA graduates

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