President Joe Biden has selected Admiral Lisa Franchetti to be the Navy’s top officer. If confirmed, she would be the first woman in the Navy’s history to hold the job, and the first woman in ...

Biden nominates Adm. Lisa Franchetti as first woman to lead Navy 00:30. President Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if confirmed, will make her ...

For the first time in the nation's history, a woman could sit on the Joint Chiefs of Staff after President Biden nominated Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti to become the new Chief of Naval Operations.

President Biden has nominated Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be the next chief of naval operations. If confirmed she'd be the first woman who would serve in that role and on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Another slew of options put Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy’s current No. 2, in the top job. If she were nominated and later confirmed, Franchetti would make history as the first woman in the ...

Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti is the first woman to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. Two top service leaders are expected to be confirmed today. By Jeff Schogol. Updated Nov 2, 2023 4:17 PM EDT.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the ...

WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Admiral Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an historic step that would break a gender barrier in the U.S. military by making ...

President Biden on Friday announced Adm. Lisa Franchetti as his pick to head the Navy — a historic decision that, upon her confirmation, would make her the first woman to lead the service and ...

President Joe Biden has selected Admiral Lisa Franchetti to be the Navy’s top officer. If confirmed, she would be the first woman in the Navy’s history to hold the job, and the first woman in ...

Franchetti is pictured here in 2022 in Hawaii. Credit: From Lance Cpl. Cody Purcell/US Marine Corps (CNN) — President Joe Biden has selected Admiral Lisa Franchetti to be the Navy’s top officer.