220603-N-TH560-1098 WASHINGTON (June 3, 2022) - Vice Adm. John B. Nowell Jr. gives remarks during his retirement ceremony at Washington Navy Yard’s Admiral Leutze Park. As guest of honor, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday presented Nowell with the distinguished service medal. Nowell's 38 years of service began at the Naval Academy; a career surface warfare officer, he served aboard five ships and commanded the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) and Expeditionary Strike Group 7. Nowell was the Navy’s 59th Chief of Naval Personnel.

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