The Secretary of the Navy

  SECNAV PORTAL

Hung Cao
Acting Secretary of the Navy

The Honorable Hung Cao assumed the duties and responsibilities of Acting Secretary of the Navy on April 22, 2026.

After immigrating to the United States in 1975, Cao and his family moved to West Africa. He returned to Northern Virginia at the age of twelve and later graduated with the inaugural class of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He entered the Navy as a Seaman Recruit in 1989 and was later commissioned as a Special Operations Officer from the United States Naval Academy in 1996.

Continue Reading