Commanders March 1950 - April 1951 : Rear Admiral John M. Hoskins April 1951 - October 1951 : Rear Admiral W.C. Tomlinson October 1951 - March 1952 : Rear Admiral J.J. Clark March 1952 - February 1953 : Rear Admiral Apollo Soucek February 1953 - April 1954 : Rear Admiral R. E. Blick April 1954 - August 1954 : Rear Admiral H.D. Felt August 1954 - May 1951 : Rear Admiral R. W. Ruble May 1955 - September 1956 : Rear Admiral J. E. Hobbs September 1956 - October 1957 : Rear Admiral T. J. Hedding October 1957 - September 1958 : Rear Admiral F. O'Beirne September 1958 - July 1959 : Rear Admiral W. A. Schoech July 1959 - August 1960 : Rear Admiral A. McB. Jackson August 1960 - September 1961 : Rear Admiral F. B. Miller September 1961 - August 1962 : Rear Admiral P. B. Blackburn, Jr. August 1962 - August 1963 : Rear Admiral D. F. Smith, Jr. August 1963 - September 1964 : Rear Admiral John W. Cannon September 1964 - February 1966 : Rear Admiral Henry L. Miller February 1966 - May 1967 : Rear Admiral Thomas J. Walker May 1967 - September 1968 : Rear Admiral John P. Weinel September 1968 - September 1969 : Rear Admiral Gerald E. Miller September 1969 - June 1970 : Rear Admiral J.C. Donaldson, Jr. June 1970 - July 1971 : Rear Admiral Leo B. McCuddin July 1971 - March 1972 : Rear Admiral James Ferris March 1972 - September 1972 : Rear Admiral Howard E. Greer September 1972 - January 1974 : Rear Admiral Wesley L. McDonald January 1974 - February 1975 : Rear Admiral Robert P. Coogan February 1975 - July 1976 : Rear Admiral William M. Small July 1976 - August 1976 : Rear Admiral H.P. Glindeman, Jr. August 1976 - September 1976 : Captain John D. Scull September 1976 - July 1978 : Rear Admiral Paul A. Peck July 1978 - August 1979 : Rear Admiral Robert E. Kirksey August 1979 - April 1981 : Rear Admiral Lawrence C. Chambers April 1981 - October 1982 : Rear Admiral Joseph J. Barth, Jr. October 1982 - June 1984 : Rear Admiral Edwin R. Kohn, Jr. June 1984 - February 1986 : Rear Admiral John R. Batzler February 1986 - December 1987 : Rear Admiral Edward W. Clexton, Jr. December 1987 - February 1989 : Rear Admiral David N. Rogers February 1989 - June 1990 : Rear Admiral Daniel P. March June 1990 - April 1992 : Rear Admiral Timothy W. Wright April 1992 - March 1994 : Rear Admiral Joseph J. Dantone, Jr. March 1994 - July 1995 : Rear Admiral Jay B. Yakeley III July 1995 - November 1996 : Rear Admiral Robert M. Nutwell November 1996 - June 1998 : Rear Admiral Donald A. Weiss June 1998 - July 1999 : Rear Admiral Alfred G. Harms, Jr. July 1999 - July 2000 : Rear Admiral Michael J. McCabe July 2000 - April 2002 : Rear Admiral Thomas E. Zelibor April 2002 - June 2004 : Rear Admiral Evan M. Chanik, Jr. June 2004 - September 2005 : Rear Admiral Bruce W. Clingan September 2005 - November 2005 : Captain Scott A. Berg November 2005 - September 2007 : Rear Admiral Kevin M. Quinn September 2007- September 2008 : Rear Admiral Stewart O'Bryan September 2008 - September 2009 : Rear Admiral Mark A. Vance September 2009 - May 2011 : Rear Admiral Joseph P. Aucoin May 2011 - April 2012 : Rear Admiral Craig S. Faller April 2012 - October 2013 : Rear Admiral Charles Gaouette October 2013 - May 2013 : Rear Admiral Troy M. Shoemaker May 2013 - September 2013 : Captain William C. Minter September 2013 - September 2014 : Rear Admiral Michael Smith October 2014 - April 2016: Rear Admiral Ron Boxall April 2016 - Present: Rear Admiral Marcus Hitchcock August 2017 - July 2019: Rear Admiral Michael Wettlaufer July 2019 - April 2020: Rear Admiral Fred Pyle April 2020 - August 2021: Rear Admiral James A. Aiken August 2021 - September 2022: Rear Admiral Jeffrey T. Anderson September 2022 - May 2024: Rear Admiral Kevin P. Lenox May 2024 – Present: Rear Admiral Adan G. Cruz