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Naval Academy to Replace First Female, Hispanic Superintendent With Marine Corps General

Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte has been nominated to lead the academy pending Senate confirmation with Vice Adm. Yvette Davids slated for reassignment to the chief of naval operations staff

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Rear Adm. Yvette Davids was nominated for appointment to the rank of vice admiral and assignment as the next superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. (Courtesy)

Overview

  • Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, confirmed in January 2024 as the academy’s first female and Hispanic superintendent, will be renominated for a third star and move to the chief of naval operations staff
  • Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte, currently deputy commandant for manpower and reserve affairs, has been nominated to become the academy’s 66th superintendent pending Senate confirmation
  • If confirmed, Borgschulte will be the first Marine officer to lead the Naval Academy in its 180-year history
  • Since President Trump’s return, the academy has banned teaching of “divisive concepts,” suspended affirmative action in admissions and briefly removed nearly 400 books on race and gender from its library
  • Davids previously broke barriers in 2007 as the first Hispanic American woman to command a Navy warship when she led the USS Curts