Michael M. Gilday
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Michael Martin Gilday is a retired United States Navy officer who last served as the 32nd chief of naval operations from August 22, 2019 to August 14, 2023. Gilday commanded two destroyers, served as
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Official midshipman portrait, 1985
Gilday, right, speaks with the Nigerian Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, at the 24th International Seapower Symposium, September 16, 2021.
USS Benfold
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USS Benfold is a Flight I Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is a multi-mission platform capable of anti-aircraft warfare with the Aegis Combat System suite and anti-aircraft
Michael M. Gilday
…Gilday's previous tours include duty with USS Chandler, USS Princeton, executive officer of USS Gettysburg as well as commanding the USS Higgins and USS Benfold and Destroyer Squadron 7. He also had staff assignments on the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Chief of Naval Operation (Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate…
Port bow view of USS Benfold (DDG-65) underway in the South Pacific Ocean.
Benfold launches a Standard Missile (SM) 6 during the coordinated multi-domain, multi-axis, long-range maritime strikes against Ex-USS Vandegrift as part of Valiant Shield 2022 (VS 22).
Benfold conducts routine underway operations in the Philippine Sea, 24 June 2022.
Change of command ceremony in front of Benfold's main gun, 2012