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Hung Cao Named Acting Navy Secretary
GovconWire ^
| 4-23-26
| Jane Edwards
Posted on 04/23/2026 5:50:25 AM PDT by MarlonRando
Navy Under Secretary Hung Cao has been named acting secretary following the departure of John Phelan. Cao and Phelan are both 2026 Wash100 awardees.
Who Is Hung Cao? Cao is a retired U.S. Navy captain who took on the role of under secretary of the Navy in October.
The Navy diver previously worked as a vice president and client executive at CACI International, where he supported efforts in areas such as electronic warfare, counter-drone technology and enterprise IT.
Cao served in the Navy for 25 years, holding a wide range of leadership positions, including division chief of the Defense Threat Reduction
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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: china; hungcao; johnphelan; navy; usn; vietnam
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( uneasy screwed-on smile) hey, that’s great.
To: MarlonRando
Good grief. Not to sound prejudiced, but I hope he’s not CCP.
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posted on
04/23/2026 5:52:53 AM PDT
by
MNnice
To: MarlonRando
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posted on
04/23/2026 5:53:22 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: MNnice
He’s a retired naval officer, pretty solid MAGA as far as I know. His family were displaced South Vietnamese refugees, so I doubt he has much love for the Chicoms.
To: MNnice
He and his family were refugees from South Vietnam if I recall. If there is anyone who understands first hand the threat of communism and socialism, it would be Cao. I would think he has zero love for China or any other collection of tyrannical assclowns.
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posted on
04/23/2026 5:55:53 AM PDT
by
Frank Drebin
(And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
To: Red Badger
To: MarlonRando
From Wikipedia: "Cao entered the U.S. Navy as a seaman recruit in 1989 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in ocean engineering. In 2008,[11] he received a master's of science in applied physics at the Naval Postgraduate School.[12] A specialist in ordnance disposal and salvage diving,"
Experience that might be valuable in the mission of removing the mines from the Strait of Hormuz?
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posted on
04/23/2026 5:57:04 AM PDT
by
tellw
(ed)
To: MNnice
Vietnamese. They despise the ccp.
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posted on
04/23/2026 5:58:28 AM PDT
by
libh8er
To: Joe 6-pack
To: MarlonRando
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
STFU.
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posted on
04/23/2026 6:02:23 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Groypers: “Low IQ” - PDJT)
To: MarlonRando
He should be a VA Senator, but he will be an excellent SECNAV!
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posted on
04/23/2026 6:02:25 AM PDT
by
Taxman
(We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS. )
To: MarlonRando
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
STFU.
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posted on
04/23/2026 6:02:30 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Groypers: “Low IQ” - PDJT)
To: Uncle Miltie
Whoops! Wrong thread …
… need … more … coffee!
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posted on
04/23/2026 6:03:13 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Groypers: “Low IQ” - PDJT)
To: Old Yeller
Maybe he’s ‘trans’................
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posted on
04/23/2026 6:04:31 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: Uncle Miltie
( shocked face)
It’s all good bro
To: MNnice
He has a great reputation as an American patriot from what I have heard of him.
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posted on
04/23/2026 6:06:24 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
To: Red Badger
Tran is his grandmother’s name...
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posted on
04/23/2026 6:07:46 AM PDT
by
newnhdad
(Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
To: Frank Drebin
Virginia’s loss is America’s gain. VA will be CA in less than 5 years.
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posted on
04/23/2026 6:07:51 AM PDT
by
cnsmom
To: newnhdad
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posted on
04/23/2026 6:08:20 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: MarlonRando
I believe in legal immigration.
I believe in the melting pot.
If and ONLY if there is assimilation.
It would appear that this fellow has assimilated.
I pray that he will make our Navy great again.
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