Lisa Franchetti
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Lisa Marie Franchetti ( fran-KEH-ti; born 25 April 1964) is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the 33rd chief of naval operations from 2 November 2023 to 21 February 2025, after being relieved by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. She was the first woman to be chief of naval operations, and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Before this she most recently served as the 42nd vice chief of naval operations from September 2022 to November 2023 and as acting chief of naval operations (CNO) from August to November 2023. A surface warfare officer, Franchetti previously served as director for strategy, plans, and policy of the Joint Staff (J5) from 2020 to 2022, the second deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting development in 2020, and commander of the United States Sixth Fleet from 2018 to 2020. She has also commanded carrier strike groups and U.S. Naval Forces Korea during her career. She was the second woman promoted to four-star admiral in the United States Navy. She was also the second female vice chief of naval operations in the history of the Navy.