YVETTE MARIE DAVIDS

Rate/Rank
VADM

Service Branch

USN 5/1989 - 00/0000

Born
03/29/1967
SAN ANTONIO, TX

FIRST FEMALE HISPANIC COMMANDING OFFICER OF A NAVY WARSHIP.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD - CLASS OF 1989

USS SAN JOSE AFS-7, GUAM - OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD, DESERT STORM & SOUTHERN WATCH

AIDE, DEPUTY & CHIEF OF STAFF, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET

USS DAVID R. RAY DD-971, EVERETT, WA & USS NORMANDY CG-60, VIRGINIA

JOINT EXERCISE COMMUNICATIONS PLANNER, J6 DIRECTORATE, JOINT TRAINING & ANALYSIS (JTASC), JOINT FORCES COMMAND (JFCOM)C)

JOINT FORCES STAFF COLLEGE - JOINT SERVICE OFFICER

EXECUTIVE OFFICER, USS HIGGINS DDG-76 - FIFTH FLEET IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM & IRAQI FREEDOM

USS BENFOLD DDG-65

DEPUTY EXECUTIVE TO DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FOR INFORMATION, OPNAV N3/N5

DIRECTOR, NAVAL ACADEMY SAILING, U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD

COMMANDING OFFICER, USS CURTS FFG-38, SAN DIEGO, CA - OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDON & IRAQI FREEDOM

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMANDER, NAVAL SURFACE FORCES COMMAND

INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF ARMED FORCES

COMMANDING OFFICER, USS BUNKER HILL CG-52

ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR RQUIREMENTS, ASSESSMENTS, EXPERIMENTATIONS & INNOVATIONS, U.S. THIRD FLEET, SAN DIEGO, CA

SENIOR MILITARY ADVISOR TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON, DC

COMMANDER, CARRIER STRIKE GROUP 11

CHIEF OF STAFF, U. S. SOUTHERN COMMAND

ACTING COMMANDER, NAVAL SURFACE FORCE/NAVAL SURFACES FORCE

SUPERINTENDENT, U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

JOINT DEFENSE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL

NAVY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (4)

DEFENSE SUPERIOR SERVICE MEDAL

LEGION OF MERIT (2)

JOINT COMMENDATION SERVICE MEDAL

NAVY AND MARINE CORPS COMMENDATION MEDAL (4)

JOINT ACHIEVEMENT SERVICE MEDAL

NAVY & MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL (2)

NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL

SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE MEDAL

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL

SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENT RIBBON

KUWAIT LIBERATION MEDAL (KUWAIT)

EXPERT RIFLEMAN MEDAL

EXPERT PISTOL SHOT MEDAL