NATIONAL OFFICERS

  • Commander General: CAPT Frederick J. (Fred) Passman, USN (Ret.)

  • Commander General - Elect: CAPT Aaron Bresnahan, USN (Ret.)

  • Vice Commander General - Commandery Support: CAPT James A. (Jim) McGinnis, MSC, USN (Ret.)

  • Vice Commander General - Membership: CAPT William F. (Bill) Steagall, Jr., USN (Ret.)

  • Vice Commander General - Communications: CAPT Robert (Bob) Whitkop, USN (Ret.)

  • Vice Commander General - Projects Director: CAPT David (Dave) Todd, USN (Ret.)

  • Vice Commander General - Development: CAPT James S. (Jim) Thomson USN (Ret.)

  • Vice Commander General - Maritime History: LCDR Steven (Steve) Sinclair, USN (Ret.)

  • Historian General: CDR David (Dave) Winkler, USN (Ret.)

  • Assistant Historian General:

  • Recorder General: CDR Louis J. (Lou) Orsini, USCG (Ret.)

  • Assistant Recorder General:

  • Registrar General: CAPT M. K. (Kris) Carlock, USN (Ret.)

  • Treasurer General: CDR Robert B. (Bob) Frazier, SC, USN (Ret.)

  • Assistant Treasurer General: Mr. Raul Santiago

  • Auditor General: CDR Philip L. (Phil) Puckett, USN (Ret.)

  • Chaplain General: CDR Michael P. (Fr. Mike) Zuffoletto, CHC, USN (Ret.)

  • Judge Advocate General: RADM Jud Scott, USN (Ret.)

  • Master-at-Arms General: ISCM David (Dave) Mattingly, AW, USN (Ret.)

  • Parliamentarian General: CAPT Frances (Fran) McDonald, USN (Ret.)

  • Surgeon General: RADM Duret S. Smith, MC USN (Ret.)

  • Immediate Past Commander General : RADM Peter L. Andrus, SHCE/MC, USN (Ret.)

  • Companions to the General Council (At Large): CWO3 Anthony D. Atwood, USN (Ret.); CAPT W.O. (Woe) King, USN (Ret.); Mr. Mark Sneddon; Mr. Richard S. (Rick) Sperry, USN (Vet.); LCDR Robert B. (Bob) Thompson, USN (Ret.); CAPT Eric J. Trehubenko, USN(Ret.)

  • Senior Enlisted Advisors to the Commander General: MCCS Robert A. (Bob) Hansen, USN (Ret.); ISCM David (Dave) Mattingly, AW, USN (Ret.)

 

CHAIRMEN OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES

  • Constitution and Bylaws Committee: CAPT Paul H. Crissy, USCG (Ret.)

  • Credentials Committee: MCCS Robert A. (Bob) Hansen, USN (Ret.)

  • Distinguished Sea Service Award Committee: CAPT Aaron Bresnahan, USN (Ret.)

  • Finance Committee: CDR Robert (Bob) Frazier, SC, USN (Ret.)

  • Financial Review and Audit Committee: CDR Philip L. (Phil) Puckett, USN (Ret.)

  • Investment Committee: RADM Peter L. Andrus, SHCE/MC, USN (Ret.)

  • National Advisory Committee – Immediate Past Commander General: RADM Peter L. Andrus, SHCE/MC, USN (Ret.)

  • National Awards Committee: Col Allan F. P. Cruz, USMC (Ret.)

  • National Commandery Support Committee: CAPT James A. McGinnis, MSC, USN (Ret.)

  • National Communications Committee: CAPT Robert (Bob) Whitkop, USN (Ret.)

  • National Development Committee: CAPT James S Thomson USN (Ret.)

  • National Historical Committee: CDR David (Dave) Winkler, USN (Ret.)

  • National Membership Committee: CAPT William F. (Bill) Steagall, Jr., USN (Ret.)

  • National Nominating Committee: RADM Peter L. Andrus, SHCE/MC, USN (Ret.)

  • Resolutions Committee: RADM Jud Scott, USN (Ret.)

  • Site Committee: CAPT Paul H. Crissy, USCG (Ret.)

  • Strategic Planning Committee: CAPT Aaron Bresnahan, USN (Ret.)

 

OTHER OFFICIALS

  • Managing Editor Newsletter: Ms. Marcy Weiss

  • NOUS Webmaster: Mrs. Sarah Koller

  • Ship’s Store Manager: CAPT Aaron Bresnahan, USN (Ret.)

 

NAVAL ORDER FOUNDATION

USPS Address:  
Naval Order Foundation
7847 Inca Road
Larkspur, CO 80118

  • President & Director: CAPT Aaron Bresnahan, USN (Ret.)

  • Vice President & Director: CAPT Bob Buehn, USN (Ret.)

  • Secretary & Director:

  • Treasurer & Director: Mr. Mark Sneddon

  • Assistant Treasurer: CAPT Kenneth E Arendt, SC, USN, (Ret.)

Other NOUS Foundation Directors:

  • RADM George A. Huchting, USN (Ret.)

  • RADM Douglas M. Moore, Jr., SC, USN (Ret.)

  • CAPT Robert (Bob) Whitkop, USN (Ret.)

  • CAPT Vance H. Morrison, USN (Ret.)

 

NATIONAL CONGRESS

2026 Annual Congress in Pensacola: CAPT Robert (Bob) Buehn, USN (Ret.)

COMMANDERS GENERAL OF THE NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES

2025-present CAPT Fred L. Passman
2023-2025 RADM Peter L. Andrus
2021-2023, CAPT Robert N. Whitkop
2019-2021, COL Allan F. P. Cruz
2017-2019, CAPT Paul H. Crissy
2015-2017, CAPT Michele Lockwood
2013-2015, CAPT Vance H. Morrison
2011-2013, RADM Douglas M. Moore, Jr.
2009-2011, CAPT Gregory F. Streeter
2007-2009, CAPT Kenneth Albin Johnson
2005-2007, CAPT Carter Barry Conlin
2003-2005, CAPT Fred Case Hawkins, Jr.
2001-2003, RADM Thomas Francis Brown, III
1999-2001, RADM Lester Robert Smith
1997-1999, CAPT James Franklin Brooke III
1995-1997, RADM William Firman Merlin
1993-1995, COL William Richard Bremer
1991-1993, CAPT Wallace Howard Lloyd, Jr.
1989-1991, CAPT John Charles Rice, Jr.
1987-1989, CAPT Frederick Daniel Carl
1985-1987, CDR Stanley John Majka
1983-1985, RADM Winston Holbrook Weese
1981-1983, LCDR Raymond Edward Cross
1979-1981, CDR Albert Frederick Kempe
1977-1979, CAPT Edward Sydney Anderson
1975-1977, CAPT Robert Bashford Bolt
1973-1975, RADM Alban Weber
1971-1973, CAPT Malcolm Townsend Munger
1969-1971, CAPT Robert Granville Burke
1966-1969, ADM Joseph James Clark
1964-1966, CAPT Jeremiah Francis O'Shea
1962-1964, CAPT Douglas Wilson Dodge
1958-1961, RADM Thurston H. James
1949-1958, CDR Charles Hann, Jr.
1946-1949, VADM William Augustus Read
1943-1946, CAPT James Harvey Tomb
1937-1943, CDR Frederick Bernard Craven
1931-1937, RADM Reginald Bowman Belknap
1928-1931, RADM Albert Gleaves
1925-1928, CAPT Herbert Livingston Satterlee
1917-1925, RADM Francis John Higginson
1907-1917, ADM George Dewey
1895-1907, RADM John Grimes Walker
1893-1895, LCDR John Codman Soley
1890-1893, Mr. Charles Calhoun Philbrook

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