Admiral Gary Roughead, USN is the 29th and current Chief of Naval Operations. He previously served as Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command from May 17, 2007 to September 29, 2007. Prior to that he served as the 31st Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet from July 8, 2005 to May 8, 2007. He assumed his current assignment on September 29, 2007.

Roughead graduated high school from Valley Forge Military Academy (Wayne, PA) in 1969. He is a 1973 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a Surface Warfare Officer. His initial assignment was in the Weapons Department aboard the USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27). This was followed by duty as Executive Officer on the patrol gunboats, USS Douglas (PG-100) and USS Tacoma (PG-92), the former home-ported in Naples, Italy. He was the commissioning Chief Engineer aboard the USS O'Bannon (DD-987) and Executive Officer on the USS Spruance (DD-963).

Tours ashore include assignments as Flag Lieutenant to Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; the Surface Warfare Analyst at the Navy's Office of Program Appraisal; Administrative Aide to the Secretary of the Navy; Executive Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; Commandant, United States Naval Academy; the Department of the Navy's Chief of Legislative Affairs; and most recently, Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command.