Admiral Philip S. Davidson, USN (Ret.)
former United States Indo-Pacific Command
Admiral Phil Davidson is a retired four-star Admiral in the U.S. Navy. He was the 25th Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command in Honolulu, HI from 2018 to 2021. USINDOPACOM is the United States’ oldest and largest military operating (combatant) command, numbering some 380,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, Guardians, Coast Guardsmen and other civilian personnel, and is responsible for all U.S. military activities in the Indo-Pacific region, covering more than half the globe and over fifty percent of the world’s population.
In his nearly 39 years of naval service, he deployed across the globe in frigates, destroyers, cruisers and aircraft carriers. He commanded U.S. Fleet Forces Command in the Atlantic in his first 4-star assignment, U.S. SIXTH FLEET and STRIKFORNATO in Europe as a 3-star, as well as a carrier strike group, a cruiser and a frigate earlier in his career. He also had staff assignments in the White House, the U.S. Department of State, the Pentagon, and every major geographic fleet headquarters in the U.S. Navy.
In addition to private sector work in defense, energy, transportation and health, Admiral Davidson serves on the Board of Directors at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a non-partisan, non-profit, national security and defense planning research institute, as well as on the Military Advisory Group at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. He is also on the Board of Governors at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs. He speaks frequently on Asia - Pacific affairs, defense issues and leadership.
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