Hung Cao sounds like the name of a chinese national.
ung Cao is a retired U.S. Navy Captain (1989–2021) and decorated Special Operations Officer (EOD/Diving) who served over 30 years, including duty in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia. As of October 2025, he serves as the 35th Under Secretary of the Navy. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Specialization: Navy Special Operations Officer, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Diving Officer, and Naval Parachutist.
Service Time: 1989–2021.
Combat Experience: Served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia.
Education: Graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy (1996) and earned a Master’s in Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School (2008). He was born in Vietnam, and came to the US at age 4 with his family as refugees.
Hung Cao is gung ho! Unleash Hung Cao and Chiang Kai-shek!
Son of Vietnamese immigrants.
I thought it was a euphemism for a bull.
It's Vietnamese. He came here at age four as a refugee with his family, and graduated from what was once the best STEM high school in the nation, Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology (Northern Virginia), before it recently became woke. His father worked for USAID when Cao was a child.