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USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER   (CVN-69)

Commanding Officers
CAPT William Edward ("Bill") Ramsey USNA 1953 18 October 1977 (1) - 10 February 1979 VADM
CAPT James Howard Mauldin Jr. USNR 1955 10 February 1979 - 3 July 1981
CAPT Edward William Clexton Jr. USNA 1960 3 July 1981 - 6 July 1984 VADM
CAPT Richard Chester Macke USNA 1960 6 July 1984 - 18 October 1986 ADM
CAPT Gary Laurence Beck USNR 1961 18 October 1986 - 27 September 1988
CAPT Joseph John ("Quail") Dantone, Jr. USNA 1964 27 September 1988 - 28 September 1990 RADM
CAPT William V. Cross II USNA 1967 28 September 1990 - 20 March 1993 RADM
CAPT Alan Mark ("Vodka") Gemmill NROTC 1968 20 March 1993 - 22 September 1995RADM
CAPT Gregory Charles Brown USNA 1969 22 September 1995 - 26 August 1998
CAPT Harold Denby Starling II   [Biography] NROTC 1974 26 August 1998 - 13 October 2000 VADM
CAPT Mark Thomas McNally NROTC 1975 13 October 2000 - 26 April 2003
CAPT Charles Edward ("Grunt") Smith   [Biography] NROTC 197? 26 April 2003 - 1 September 2005 RADM
CAPT James Daniel Cloyd   [Biography] USNA 1979 1 September 2005 - 16 November 2007 RADM
CAPT Dee Leon Mewbourne   [Biography] USNA 1982 16 November 2007 - 13 August 2010 VADM
CAPT Marcus Aurelius Hitchcock   [Biography] USNA 1985 13 August 2010 - 19 July 2013 RADM
CAPT Stephen Thomas ("Web") Koehler   [Biography] NROTC 1986 19 July 2013 - 18 November 2015 ADM
CAPT Paul C Spedero, Jr.   [Biography] NROTC 1992 18 November 2015 - 9 August 2018 RADM
CAPT Kyle Patrick Higgins NFO 1992 9 August 2018 - 17 December 2020  
CAPT Paul Francis Campagna USMA 1993 (2) 17 December 2020 - 23 March 2023  
CAPT Christopher F. ("Chowdah") Hill NROTC 1997 23 March 2023 - present  
(1)  With the inauguration of the first formal diary on 6 August 1975, the Precommissioning Unit was officially established. The Commanding Officer, CAPT William E. Ramsey, USN, and the Executive Officer, CDR Edward W. Clexton, Jr., USN, reported on 10 October 1975.  [Back]
(2)  Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Interservice transfer in 1996.  [Back]

Sources: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower official web site & Command History;
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler


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