Undersecretary of the Navy Hung Cao is on Guam touring military facilities and meeting with local leadership, just three weeks after the Trump White House appointee’s confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao on Saturday vowed to build ships after his predecessor, John Phelan, was fired this week amid President Trump’s push for accelerated shipbuilding. Cao posted a video to ...

As undersecretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, a retired Navy captain and former Republican Senate candidate in Virginia, was supposed to have a broad portfolio as the service’s No. 2 civilian, which ...

The Navy secretary resigned yesterday, marking another leadership change at the Pentagon since the war began. Undersecretary Hung Cao, a Navy combat veteran and Republican Senate candidate, is now ...

Hung Cao, the newly minted acting Navy Secretary, earned a reputation on the campaign trail as a partisan firebrand walking in lockstep with some of Donald Trump’s most controversial policies. But ...

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LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — The U.S. Navy has a new acting leader after the departure of John Phelan, with Under Secretary Hung Cao stepping into the role, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. No reason was ...

In the wake of a sudden and high‑stakes leadership shake‑up at the Pentagon, Hung Cao has been thrust into the spotlight as Acting Secretary of the Navy at a time of escalating U.S.–Iran tensions ...

President Donald Trump’s new acting Navy secretary, Hung Cao, warned in 2023 that “witchcraft” had “taken over” the Californian city of Monterey. Cao took over as acting secretary of the Navy this ...

Cao, a 25-year Navy veteran, previously made headlines during his 2024 Senate campaign in Virginia, where he challenged Tim Kaine. In a campaign video, he drew parallels between Cold War-era Vietnam ...