This story has been updated to reflect Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby’s statement to the the Navy, released after this story was published. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.

Lisa Franchetti (Medill ’85), the 33rd U.S. Chief of Naval ... officer to serve as the Navy’s top officer and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Franchetti spent half ...

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Jim Slife. Franchetti becomes the second top female military officer to be fired by the Trump ...