"We now have 30 minority flag officers and 32 female flag officers, or admirals, for a 49% increase since 2006.For those of you who are in the information world, this year it’s been my great personal pleasure for me as I welcomed into the ranks of our Navy admirals, a former shipmate, a great African American officer by the name of [Rear Admiral] Will Metts. He was selected for admiral this year. He was a close and personal friend, a consummate professional, who served with me in the Pacific Fleet, who later commanded the Navy Information Operations Center in Hawaii in a delightful little part of Oahu called Wahiawa. And in his first assignment as an admiral he will be the Director of Intelligence at the new U.S. Cyber Command."
Admiral Gary Roughead
Chief of Naval Operations
at the Black Data Processors Association
CNO's full speech to the Black Data Processors Association is HERE.
