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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 ...
Former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti spoke to staff after the Trump administration ousted her and other top leaders at the Pentagon Friday, asserting that the Navy's mission will ...
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 ...
Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet. By John Ismay Reporting from Washington Defense ...
Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy’s top admiral, was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer in June during a routine mammogram. She announced Friday that she is cancer free after recently undergoing ...
One of those relieved of command was Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the Chief of Naval Operations. I sat next to her at dinner two weeks ago following her off-the-record talk at the Harvard Club in New York ...
A Navy official appeared to downplay Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti’s ambitions to hold officers “accountable” for pursuing specific goals to improve the branch, Military.com ...
Former Ambassador and Mayor Rahm Emanuel established a new ROTC scholarship Monday. And he's naming it after former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti, who was fired by the Trump ...
Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy, is the second top female military officer to be fired by the Trump administration.
The US Navy is preparing for possible war by 2027, with China in focus, Adm. Lisa Franchetti said. She outlined a seven-goal plan for the US Navy, including having 80% of its forces ready to fight.
The Navy's chief of naval operations, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, rolled out a document this week laying out her vision for the fleet -- a set of several lofty goals in a wide swath of areas that the ...
Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the chief of naval operations, announced a new initiative called “Project 33” to prepare the Navy for a possible war with China by 2027. The plan focuses on tackling ...